BT Voyager 10v setup experience

[Recently_Deceased]

My Belkin appears not to let me assign names directly to within the DHCP.

Now I am "in" the 10V I was trying to find the bit I mentioned earlier about putting phone numbers in the Dial Plan, but although I follow the instuctions on the CD manual I cannot find a "PSTN backup" menu item within the configuration manager.

I can get to the PSTN voice configuration menu with "Voice Quality" and "PSTN prefix" but not the "PSTN Backup" menu item shown in the CD manual

Anyone else had any luck finding this feature?

[Deadbeat]

Well, if you go to their website http://www.btbroadbandvoice.com/bbv/...and_voice.html it says you open a different set of ports. It's still more than 1000 but less than the number the techies say you need to open.

Yes, I had already read that, thankyou. I notice that only port 2727 is the same. What I have seems to work so I'll leave it at that. Thanks anyway.
Derek

[Recently_Deceased]

Update on the 10v PSTN "Dial Plan" feature. According to the BT help line this feature now works atomatically for "999".

And if your BB connection is down you are automatically routed through the 10v to the landline if you have it connected.

I haven't tested the 999 feature

[Deadbeat]

Originally Posted by Recently_Deceased

Thanks, I had just looked in the Belkin router DHCP list and there was an unamed entry 192.168.2.2 whic turned out to be the 10V. It would be a help if there was some way of naming it in the 10v configuration manager.

Sounds a bit of a long way around. If you are still using a dynamic IP for the 10V there is a danger that someday your port mappings won't work. Go on give the 10V a fixed IP. You know you want to.

Derek

[Recently_Deceased]

Sounds a bit of a long way around. If you are still using a dynamic IP for the 10V there is a danger that someday your port mappings won't work. Go on give the 10V a fixed IP. You know you want to.

Your right and I probably will when I move the 10v to its final place in my IT cabinet (otherwise know to my better half as "what are all those bloody wires doing up here on this shelf"!!! ) with the router/switches/patch panel/patch cables etc etc

[Ian_F]

Yes, I had already read that, thankyou. I notice that only port 2727 is the same. What I have seems to work so I'll leave it at that. Thanks anyway.

Plan B could've been to put the 10V into the DMZ. I wouldn't do that because I'm paranoid about security. What? Who said that?

[Deadbeat]

Yes! Been there, but it looks good with all those flashing lights and such. They don't understand that it is all essential. When the VOIP wouldn't work straight away, well that was a different story.
Derek

[Deadbeat]

I tried the DMZ trick too but a quick check on grc.com - shields up showed that all stealth had gone and ports 23 (telnet) and 80 (http) were wide open. I know the 10V is only a telephone adapter pretending to be a router but who knows? It did however work for 5 minutes, then I got cold feet. One forum post I saw actually recommended 23 and 80 TCP to be opened. He must be mad!

Derek