How find out IP address of PAP2 so I can put in DMZ?

Posts: 20 · Vonage Forum Associate Joined: Feb 23, 2006 Posts: 20

BigDaveB wrote:

Other than opening your PAP2 to attacks on ports other than the expected ones, probably not. I'm just anal about keeping my LAN secure.

I like to keep my LAN as secure as I can as well. With equipment I understand and can configure in the past that has been easy. I am new to the whole VoIP thing and don't fully understand/like how locked down their hardware is.

I know having anything in A DMZ is a potential threat because 1) it is behind your router and 2) it is unprotected. A computer or other device with all their vulnerabilities I can understand the DMZ being a bad idea. How vulnerable is a PAP2 to an attack. What type ports could be exploited.

My plan is to turn off the DMZ tonight and see if the PAP2 still works. If it doesn't I am going to try the port forwarding.

Posts: 44 · Full Forum Member Joined: Feb 21, 2006 Posts: 44

68rustang wrote:

What type ports could be exploited.

Hopefully none and I can't say with confidence either way. What I do know is that it is a router's job to deal with external threats by blocking access by design while that is not the phone adapters primary role.

Posts: 400 · Vonage Forum Evangelist Joined: May 05, 2005 Posts: 400

68rustang wrote:

BigDaveB wrote:

Other than opening your PAP2 to attacks on ports other than the expected ones, probably not. I'm just anal about keeping my LAN secure.

I like to keep my LAN as secure as I can as well. With equipment I understand and can configure in the past that has been easy. I am new to the whole VoIP thing and don't fully understand/like how locked down their hardware is.

I know having anything in A DMZ is a potential threat because 1) it is behind your router and 2) it is unprotected. A computer or other device with all their vulnerabilities I can understand the DMZ being a bad idea. How vulnerable is a PAP2 to an attack. What type ports could be exploited.

My plan is to turn off the DMZ tonight and see if the PAP2 still works. If it doesn't I am going to try the port forwarding.

That is how I have my setup with the DMZ disabled. But remember the routers firewall is still on and if you use WEP encryptions you shouldn't have to worry about hacks or attacks .My PAP2 has perfect voice quality and no problems what so ever compared to the RT31P2 I used initially.

Posts: 20 · Vonage Forum Associate Joined: Feb 23, 2006 Posts: 20

OK, I disabled the DMZ rebooted everything and it still works, no port forwarding no special permissions. Smile

Posts: 13 · Vonage Forum Associate Joined: Nov 12, 2005 Posts: 13

Set static IP ,DNS, and Gateway for PAP2

Pickup PHONE
1)****
2)100 # to save press 0 disables dhcp
3)hangup Phone
5)Pickup phone ****
6)101 # will say dhcp disabled
7)Hangup phone
8)Pickup phone ****
9)111 # will setup IP address
10) ip address ###*###*### press 1
11)hangup Phone
12)Pickup phone ****
13)110 # will tell if IP is set
14)121 # will setup subnet mask
15)Subnet Mask ###*###*### press 1
16)hangup Phone
17)Pickup phone ****
18)120 # will tell the new subnet
19)131 # Will setup default gateway
19)default Gateway ###*###*### press 1
20)hangup Phone
21)Pickup phone ****
22)Test 110 # IP---120 # subnet ---130 Default

You will need to hang up phone to save changes on every change.

Posts: 1 · New Forum Member Joined: Mar 08, 2006 Posts: 1

I'm using PAP2 behind a WRT54G (V3.1). The first week of service was the honeymoon I suppose. No port forwarding, no DMZ, and everything was perfect. The call quality easily matched my traditional line. Then my service went out. I went to Vonage's web site and there was announcement about them having problems with a carrier and that they were working on it. No big deal. Well I still couldn't make calls the next day, so I figured I better get to the bottom of it.

In the end port forwarding or the DMZ fix the issue for me. Maybe sometime when my wife isn't home I'll try the original setup again and see if it works.