Is it safe to put my PAP2 in the DMZ?

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Like the subject line states, I was wondering whether it is safe to put my PAP2 into the DMZ on my router.

After all why should I forward ports if I can just put it in the DMZ? It would just be like having the PAP2 in front of the router wouldn't it?

Posts: 3198 · Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 8:09 am Post subject:

that would be easiest.

Posts: 3 · New Forum Member Joined: May 10, 2005 Posts: 3

I just hooked my PAP2 up to my D-Link router and it instantly worked...no DMZ necessary.

Posts: 3198 · Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 12:14 pm Post subject:

port forwarding is for applications/services/users that need to connect to your computer (server) for some reason. (i.e. a game server)
it's not for the Vonage device to be able to connect to vonage/phone service.

Posts: 55 · Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 5:18 pm Post subject:

I have had my PAP2 outside of the DMZ and it works that way.

I am thinking that placing it in the DMZ would give it more of a priority over any other device connected to the router.

After putting my PAP2 in the DMZ, I called my landline (still connected until the end of Verizon's billable period), and I am sure that the call came through quicker than when I hadn't forwarded any ports, or placed it in the DMZ.

Posts: 7 · New Forum Member Joined: Mar 23, 2005 Posts: 7

I had a hard time with it in my D-Link 624 DMZ. I was getting 2 second periods during calls where I got no voice in/out.

I asked for advice here, and many people said to put the pap before the router. I did it, and my voice quality instantly approved. I know it makes perfect sense that the DMZ would work great, but in my experience it was less than perfect.

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The ATA's are so darn tightly locked down that you shouldn't have to worry about them being "outside" a firewall.

Actually, if they were vulnerable to anything, that could be a good thing because that might finally mean being able to recycle old locked Vonage ata devices.

-Peter

Posts: 55 · Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 9:34 pm Post subject:

thegooch49 wrote:

I had a hard time with it in my D-Link 624 DMZ. I was getting 2 second periods during calls where I got no voice in/out.

I asked for advice here, and many people said to put the pap before the router. I did it, and my voice quality instantly approved. I know it makes perfect sense that the DMZ would work great, but in my experience it was less than perfect.

The Problem is, how do you put a device with only 1 Ethernet port infront of a router?

Even if I was to buy a switch, that would still split the connection 50/50 with no priority given to the PAP2.

As it stands now, the only problem with audio on my telephone service was when I called D-Link technical support today about an unrelated subject, but I suspect that like Vonage rigging their call centers with their service, it was Lingo at fault, as I didn't hear any problems at my end and I wasn't using the internet for anything else either..