VOIP with a linksys PAP2
THUFIR HAWAT
hawat.thufir at gmail.com
Mon Jun 13 03:27:50 UTC 2005
On 6/13/05, Jonathan Berry <berryja at gmail.com> wrote:
...
> Here is another idea. I don't know if this will work, it seems like
> it might, but since you already have a hub, it's at least worth a
> shot. Plug your 802.11b AP into the hub, then the computer (one
> ethernet port) and the VOIP device both into the hub. This might not
> work because of the differences between hubs and routers, but it just
> might. And you won't have to setup your computer to run NAT (though,
> since you have two NICs, it might be something you want to do later).
> Oh, and as far as your last question, a hub is meant to be transparant
> (which is one difference from a router) so you shouldn't see it. It
> should be just like talking directly to the VOIP device. You just
> don't need a crossover cable if using a hub. You might not need a
> crossover cable anyway if the device can sense whether it needs to do
> crossover or not (as mentioned by someone else above).
>
> Jonathan
yes, I considered this. apparently the MAC for the adapter prevents
this setup. however, I'll give it a go to see what happens.
the hub is untested, I bought it at a discount. it was shrink wrapped
but ancient and cheap, and I've never found a use for it, so it
doesn't necesarilly work.
I just bought a crossover cable from radio shack, which I'll use in
preference to the hub until I can test the hub. I haven't been able
to really put the time into understanding the networking involved,
unfortunately, due to personal reasons.
I've done a bit of googling on ipconfig and ifconfig, but haven't read
the man pages yet. I also have to hit the how-to's. unfortunately
this telephone is required monday, so I'm in a bit of a time crunch
learning curve wise.
-Thufir
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