Motorola VT2442 or D-Link VTA?

Posts: 1 · New Forum Member Joined: Jul 30, 2006 Posts: 1

I live in Bentonville, Arkansas and I plan to get Vonage service. I just wanted to ask if I should get the Motorola VT2442 or the D-Link VTA phone adapter?

I currently have a Linksys BEFSR41 wired router and I'm planning to get a wireless router, but I'm not sure which one. Any suggestions with that would be great too.

One last thing....I ran the testyour VOIP.com test and I've gotten every MOS # between 3.3 and 4.0. Below are my results from the VOIP test from this board...

Speed test statistics
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Download speed: 4491568 bps
Upload speed: 521304 bps
Quality of service: 71 %
Download test type: socket
Upload test type: socket
Maximum download pause: 57 ms
Average download pause: 2 ms
Minimum round trip time to server: 74 ms
Average round trip time to server: 91 ms

VoIP test statistics
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Jitter: you --> server: 5.6 ms
Jitter: server --> you: 9.5 ms
Packet loss: you --> server: 0.2 %
Packet loss: server --> you: 0.0 %
Packet discards: 0.0 %
Packets out of order: 0.0 %
Number of supported VoIP lines: 6
Estimated MOS score: 3.8

Are these results good enough to run a single phone line with little-to-no phone quality problems? I've never had VOIP, so I'm learning slowly. Thanks to this board, I know not to buy a 2.4GHz phone because of the interference with WiFi, so thanks!

Posts: 3198 · Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 6:49 pm Post subject:

your numbers look ok.
get a linksys wrt54gl wireless router. I've noticed less complaints about the dlink than the vt2442, but it may just be because the dlink isn't out there as much.

Posts: 41 · Full Forum Member Joined: Jul 02, 2006 Posts: 41

I use the D-Link VTA and so far I have no problems with the device. I coupled it with the D-Link DI-102 and the VOIP quality is great.

A friend of mine who uses the Motorola unit, just told me his unit crashed after being in service for less than a month, and Vonage would have to ship him a new unit. Based on the experiences of my friend and myself, I would avoid the Motorola and go with the D-Link.

Nothing personal against Motorola, but I have never had good experiences with their products.

Posts: 3 · New Forum Member Joined: Oct 19, 2005 Posts: 3

I'm also about to sign up and can't decide which one of these to get. I currently have a PAP2 active with "another VoIP provider" and am happy with that. If I choose the VT2442, it won't be used as a router, so that's not a plus. I'm more interested in which one people have had fewer problems with.

It will be used with Comcast behind a Linksys WRT54G.

(Not at home, so can't post other specs.)

Posts: 4751 · Vonage Forum **MVM** Joined: Aug 30, 2005 Posts: 4751

I think you'd do fine with a PAP2, a D-link VTA, or a VT2442 behind your Linksys. If you already have a PAP2 then I see no reason to spend more money. However, be prepared for the possibility that your PAP2 is not on Vonage's "approved MAC" list. If it isn't, they won't activate it.

Posts: 3 · New Forum Member Joined: Oct 19, 2005 Posts: 3

Steve48 wrote:

I think you'd do fine with a PAP2, a D-link VTA, or a VT2442 behind your Linksys. If you already have a PAP2 then I see no reason to spend more money. However, be prepared for the possibility that your PAP2 is not on Vonage's "approved MAC" list. If it isn't, they won't activate it.

Steve -- thanks for the response. I meant to say that my PAP2 is currently active with another provider. I'll be getting new equipment from Vonage and was just wondering if one (VT2442 or D-Link VTA) was better than the other.

Thanks again.

Posts: 4751 · Vonage Forum **MVM** Joined: Aug 30, 2005 Posts: 4751

In terms of voice quality, I imagine they're about the same. I have personal experience with the VT2442 and none with the D-link, but I haven't been reading any big complaints about the D-link. The VT2442 is, of course, a router/adapter. The D-link VTA, like the PAP2, has no router built in.