I have just got my Voyager 10v from BT and have now managed to set it up and can make VOIP calls, however the documentation with this equipment is not very useful for a complex network setup.

Bear with me on this next bit!!

I have a wired home LAN with Media Centre, a HP Pavillion7945 XPHome Edition, two PC's running Win98SE, and two laptops running XP Home Edition. All this is connected to a patch panel then to a Netgear 8 port fast ethernet switch connecting to a Belkin wirless/modem/router. I used static IP addresses as the Belkin DHCP seemed to have problems handing out IP addresses when machines were turned on and off.

Initially I connected the 10v to my Pavillion turned everything back on and waited. Got power/network/ethernet lights green but no connection to internet. After trying various tings like checking cables p and plugging the 10v directly into the Belkin router (lucky it was in the same room and a long cable!!) still nothing. Got through to BBV support and after a few checks the guy picks up on the fixed IP address on my Pavillion. Apparently the 10v needs to be allocating an IP address by the router DHCP, the 10v then uses its own DHCP to allocate an address to the PC it connects too. So after a bit of fiddling I get the Belkin DHCP turned on change the pavillion to automatically get IP address and can now finally get an intenet connection to configure the 10v.

I now get a BBV green light and dialling tone and can make calls connecting the base station of Panasonic KX-TCD22OE DECT cordless phone with three handsets purchased earlier in the year

Now my only problem is that the rest of the network can't access my Pavillion and it can't access them. Plus my Win98SE PC's now wont accept static IP addresses and can't access the internet

Ok so as the Pavillion is my main machine I unhook the 10v and change the Pavillion back to it's static IP and now am back in contact with the world on the internet.

As the Win98SE PC's now seem to only work with the Belkin DHCP on I put the 10v between one of them and the Belkin router and everything works ok except I still can't access the rest of my network.

The thing that atracted me to the 10v was its ability to be connected to my landline and to be able to transfer incoming calls from my landline number to the phone connected to the 10v, and by pressing 5 I can make calls using the landline should the router be down/BB fail etc.

All was well until my wife (found out by dialling (5)1471)called me on her mobile the phone rang I answered but we were immediatley cut off. I rang her back back using the landline. My problem now is that anyone who rings on the landline gets cut off when I answer the phone.

Phoned BT BBV who said I needed to open some UDP ports and gave me the ports I should open on the router. These were incoming: range 32000-36000, 5060,2727, range 49152-49193 and ougoing: range 30000-30002, 5060, 2427, range 49152-49193.

After some fiddling with the Belkin router I entered these into the Virtual Server settings although what IP address to use I was uncertain but used the one that the 10v had been given by the DHCP. Any way after that nothing worked no internet connection, no BBV light on the 10v. I disabled the Virtual Server settings and rebooted the Belkin router, waited ,till I got a steady sync, then powered up the 10v and then Win98SE PC, everything back to normal (except the cutting off of landline calls)

Called BT BBV the "tech" person there said she knew that this had been a problem and that she would hand this accross to "the team" who were handling it and they would call me back during the week.


However After a bit of ferreting about through some other VOIP forums I found that I could access the 10v in the same way as my router with 192.168.192.1 and using "admin" as the user and password. At the suggestions I gleaned from another forum I set the 10v from Router to Bridge mode and after a re-boot of evey bit of equipment I am now able to access my network once more.

I have not yet tried to see if this sorts out the landline disconnection problem but if any one else out there has any suggestions I am all ears.

I jus hope no one produces a networked toaster otherwise breakfast will be a nightmare!!!!!