[nflug] Configuring VoIP with Router/modem

[Joe]

joshj at linuxmail.org wrote:
>
> Thus spake Joe on Wed, 10 May 2006
>
>> I have a Westell 327W DSL modem/router and a Sunrocket (Innomedia 
>> MTA6328-2Re) VoIP box.  My DSL is 860/156 nominal.  Right now, I have 
>> only 1 PC connected by ethernet, but later, I may have one or more 
>> additional ones either ethernet or wireless.
>>
>> Since my bandwidth is relatively low, I would like to tell the 
>> Westell to give top priority to the VoIP (currently on Port 2) and 
>> lower priority to everything else (now, just the PC on Port 1).  Is 
>> there a way to do that? The router has a lot of options, but I don't 
>> understand most of them.  What should I look for?
>>
>> Sunrocket just says to connect the VoIP between the modem and the 
>> PC.  That will work fine, for one PC, but not if I add anything to 
>> the network.
>
> Actually, your phone modem is probably (like my vonnage adapter) just 
> a simple router. So you can bring your internet into it, and then out 
> to a hub/switch and then to your computer(s). But I'm sure that your 
> phone modem will not have the ability to dish-out bandwidth the way 
> that you want. And I don't know enough about routering to answer the 
> main part of your question.
>
Yes, but my router is physically built into the modem, so I can't put 
the VoIP box between them.  Or at least I have no idea how to.


Joe

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