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Vonage box "calls home" periodically when idle
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valleycat
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Mon May 19, 2008 2:36 pm
Post subject: Vonage box "calls home" periodically when idle
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box "calls home" periodically when idle . . . what does this mean?
butterman
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Joined: Jan 29, 2006
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Posted:
Mon May 19, 2008 3:15 pm
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It means that your
Vonage
devices periodically communicates with the
Vonage
servers.
While they don't really publish what happens, I believe it makes these connections to ensure that you have an internet connection as well as to detail where you are so that if a call comes in for you they know where to route it.
I've never cared enough to track the outgoing communications when idle, but if you are motivated enough you could using something like Ethereal to do so.
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