Linksys RT31P2 Phone adaptor / router combination

Posts: 37 · Vonage Forum Junior Joined: Feb 09, 2005 Posts: 37

My current set up is cable modem to Linksys RT31P2 to Vtech 5.8mhz phone system. I run my computer directly off one of the three Linksys RT31P2 ethernet connections. I have always been told that using the Linksys’ phone adaptor / router combination ensured that my Vonage connection always got the bandwidth it required and what was left went to the computer. Recently I’ve read a lot of posters that advise using a stand alone router in front of the Linksys RT31P2. In their setups, they connect the Linksys RT31P2 to one stand alone router’s ethernet port and they connect their computer to another ethernet port on the stand alone router. They do not use the ethernet ports on the RT31p2 unit. Their belief is that the external stand alone router works better than the router built into the RT31p2 unit. Intuitively, I agree but what about voice priority over data that seems to be a feature of the Linksys RT31p2 unit? Can anyone clear this up and offer some advice. I’ve been using Vonage for more than a year without many real problems but recently I've experienced some problems that seem to stem back to Linksys RT31p2 unit.

Posts: 3198 · Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 5:35 pm Post subject:

because the routers we're talking about have a qos (quality of service) feature. you can tell the router what device (the rt31p2 in your case) to give traffic priority to.
or some people go with the hawking device which effectively does the same without having to buy a new router.
http://www.vonage-forum.com/ftopic11742.html

Posts: 37 · Vonage Forum Junior Joined: Feb 09, 2005 Posts: 37

reebok wrote:

because the routers we're talking about have a qos (quality of service) feature. you can tell the router what device (the rt31p2 in your case) to give traffic priority to.

Thank you for the response. Does this mean I should be looking to put a good router with qos in front of my rt31p2? Would the stand alone router provide a measurable improvement over the router built into rt31p2. Can you make any suggestions? Thanks again.

Posts: 37 · Vonage Forum Junior Joined: Feb 09, 2005 Posts: 37

Reebok, please ignore my request above for additional information. I just read your link and it answered all my questions. Thanks a lot for the information