ip address for vta phone adapter

Posts: 2 · New Forum Member Joined: Apr 13, 2007 Posts: 2

Hi all,
I got a new Vonage VTA adapter. I already have a LINKSYS adapter which works fine. The problem is I am not able to give an IP address to the VTA adapter. DHCP doesn't seem to work.

I could assign IP address to LINKSYS using IVR for the adapter. Is there anything similar for DLINK VTA??
somebody told me to got to 192.169.15.1 but site didn't open.

I am in India and I have no router. I connect LINKSYS directly to DSL Modem. Want to do same with VTA.

Help is urgently required.

thanks
Ls

Posts: 187 · Vonage Forum Master Joined: Feb 14, 2007 Posts: 187

vta requires a router. You can't plug it directly into a modem.

Mark

Posts: 187 · Vonage Forum Master Joined: Feb 14, 2007 Posts: 187

I suppose your could plug it directly into a cable modem that hands out an address using dhcp (and provided you could get any mac address matching issues corrected) but then you'd be paying for cable modem service just to run VoIP (couldn't connect anything else) and why would you want to do that?

Mark

Posts: 2 · New Forum Member Joined: Apr 13, 2007 Posts: 2

I am in India and i don't have Vonage on all the time. I use it when I need to call up friends and family in the US or UK. kind of helps with international phone bills.

I had LINKSYS but I have sent it to my parents and I didn't know VTA would have this issue.

Posts: 187 · Vonage Forum Master Joined: Feb 14, 2007 Posts: 187

what do you have plugged into your modem when you're not using Vonage?

Mark

Posts: 4722 · Vonage Forum **MVM** Joined: Aug 30, 2005 Posts: 4722

lukesh wrote:

somebody told me to got to 192.169.15.1 but site didn't open.

Try 192.168.15.254 . I have my doubts about getting this to work without a router, but, according to the manual, that's the address that is automatically set if DHCP isn't working.

Posts: 87 · Vonage Forum Senior Joined: Oct 26, 2006 Posts: 87

ok, mjstraw is incorrect you can connect the VTA directly to any modem if you would like, i am not sure why you would not just invest in a 50 dollar router and hook up everything at once for convenience'

steve48 is correct with the IP..but the only way that you can get in to the VTA is to set a static IP address on your pc on

IP: 192.168.15.2
Sub: 255.255.255.0
DG: 192.168.15.254

the username for the UA is user and the password is user..not sure what logging in to the device is going to do for you though unless you want to set a static IP of your computer in to your device..if you connect the VTA to the cable modem and powercycle both device the VTA should get an IP address from the modem (which means that the power light will be blinking 3 or more times and then pause)if it does not the push in the reset button on the back of the device with the tip of a pen for 20 seconds and then let it reset itself, if that does not work you could try to put the IP, Sub, and DG of your PC that it gets when direct to the modem in to the VTA and then move back and forth

good luck

Posts: 187 · Vonage Forum Master Joined: Feb 14, 2007 Posts: 187

"any modem"?

so how would I connect it to a DSL modem where the service requires PPPoE?

as I said in a follow-up post, a cable modem that gives out IP addresses via DHCP might work.

Mark

Posts: 43 · Full Forum Member Joined: Dec 27, 2006 Posts: 43

the DLink does not work like the PAP linksys; you need a caller id screen; put phone in line 1 and press *11 and the IP address will appear on caller ID screen, then use that IP to sign onto device; only the linksys PAP series uses audio ivr for IP and config info; like most DLink equipment it is not quite a match for other manufacturers such as linksys

Posts: 43 · Full Forum Member Joined: Dec 27, 2006 Posts: 43

the DLink does not work like the PAP linksys; you need a caller id screen; put phone in line 1 and press *11 and the IP address will appear on caller ID screen, then use that IP to sign onto device; only the linksys PAP series uses audio ivr for IP and config info; like most DLink equipment it is not quite a match for other manufacturers such as linksys