vonage ports conflict with iChatAV and PS2 online games

Posts: 2 · New Forum Member Joined: Sep 05, 2006 Posts: 2

Hello. Ever since getting Vonage and setting up the port forwarding for Vonage (http://www.vonage.com/help.php?article=1098&category=) I am unable to use iChatAV and none of my online PS2 games work because they need overlapping ports. (ports 10,000+)

My Vonage setup: Cable > Cable Modem > Wireless Router > ethernet cable to Vonage phone adapter

My home network setup: Cable > Cable Modem > Wireless Router > computers/PS2

Is there anyway I can direct traffic to my PS2 and computers so I can get iChatAV, online games working at the same time as Vonage?

Posts: 533

jenz wrote:

Hello. Ever since getting Vonage and setting up the port forwarding for Vonage (http://www.vonage.com/help.php?article=1098&category=) I am unable to use iChatAV and none of my online PS2 games work because they need overlapping ports. (ports 10,000+)

My Vonage setup: Cable > Cable Modem > Wireless Router > ethernet cable to Vonage phone adapter

My home network setup: Cable > Cable Modem > Wireless Router > computers/PS2

Is there anyway I can direct traffic to my PS2 and computers so I can get iChatAV, online games working at the same time as Vonage?

Port forwarding is not required for Vonage, regardless of what they tell you.

Posts: 493 · Vonage Forum Evangelist Joined: Apr 29, 2005 Posts: 493

You shouldn't need to forward ports for PS2 online either.

Posts: 533 · Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 1:42 pm Post subject:

arcking wrote:

You shouldn't need to forward ports for PS2 online either.

The vast majority of games don't require port forwarding, but some do. Like Madden and NCAA Football for example.

Posts: 2 · New Forum Member Joined: Sep 05, 2006 Posts: 2

You do need to use portforwarding when you have several devices on the network. The games that I want to play are the ones with the ports that conflict with vonage ports...thus the problem.

Posts: 14 · Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 6:54 pm Post subject:

From experience, I learned to disable DHCP Servers and configure manual IP address and Port Forwarding. Why? Because DHCP Servers DO fail!

I use nearly all Internet Chat & VoIP services, both on my Mac and on the Desktop PC, which is running Linux. Also, I have the Nokia 770 Linux-based Internet Terminal and Palm TX. Ports 135, 138, and 445 are firewalled at the router, since I am not using Microsoft software.

Here are the software that I use, frequently:
- iChatAV
- Skype
- Gizmo Project
- SightSpeed
- AOL Instant Messenger
- GoogleTalk
- Yahoo Messenger
- GAIM

I don't use MSN Messenger or Windows Live messages for security reasons.

The XBox is a Glorified PC, made into a Game Machine.

If you don't use Port Forwarding, every machine, connected to your router, that uses DHCP services, is suseptable to have intrusion issues.

Marcos

Posts: 3 · New Forum Member Joined: Dec 24, 2006 Posts: 3

Does a Vonage box require its own IP number? I have a connection to the Internet, but no more IPs available. Can I still use Vonage? Can I put it behind a NAT router and use a non-routable number for the Vonage box?

I am to be a new user if I can get this to work without an IP, can get both one phone and one fax to work in and out, and get voicemail to support me.

Steve Oxman