Dial tone for about 30 seconds, then nothing

Posts: 3 · New Forum Member Joined: Jan 16, 2005 Posts: 3

Hi all. I'm new here and very frustrated. I got my RT31P2 hooked up with a Linksys WRT54G behind it. Internet is fine, but no phone. If I unplug or reset the router, I can use the phone for about 30 seconds. Then the Phone 1 light starts flashing and it's all dead. If I go to the router screen under the phone (or voice section, I don't remember) it says that the status of Line 1 is Invalid.

Any suggestions? I was just on hold with tech support for 30 minutes and they disconnected me.

Eric

Posts: 3198 · Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2005 1:13 pm Post subject:

http://vonage-forum.com/ftopic2353.html

interesting set up, most people have that nice router in front of the RT31P2 because it has a lot more functionality (esp with sveasoft firmware).

Posts: 3 · New Forum Member Joined: Jan 16, 2005 Posts: 3

Ok, I switched the two routers so now it goes Cable modem--> WRT54G --> RT31P2.

The only lame thing about that is the fact that I can't get into the web page of the phone router now because it's on a different subnet. I was able to get into both of them before.

Anyway, reset everything and now I seem to have figured out what the problem is, or at least where it stems. I don't think it has anything to do with the router or my LAN setup, it has to do with my Radio Shack cordless phones. They don't seem to send a "hang up" signal to the router. I made a call, worked fine, hung up and the light continued to blink. When I turn the phone back on, I get a fast busy signal. If I unplug the phone from the router, things go back to normal.

Any clue what that may be? I'll look through the forums too.

Thanks,
Eric

Posts: 3198 · Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2005 2:26 pm Post subject:

I'm not having a lot of luck finding similar problems. what model phone is it? are you using a 2 wire (red and green) or 4 wire (red, green, yellow, black) cord? if it's 4 wire, try it with 2 wire if you have some.