Re: Setup help

Gary,

If your existing DSL router supports port mapping, then your only investment
would be a few minutes of your time.

Kevin


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary Fritz" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 08:54
Subject: Re: [speak-freely] Setup help


> > 10.0.0.x addresses are non-routeable -
>
> Right, same as 192.168.x.x.  I don't believe there's much
> difference between the 10.x.x.x and 192.168.x.x addresses.
>
> > it means you *are* using NAT in your router.
>
> Correct.
>
> > If your existing IDSL router does not support port mapping, then you
> > may have to connect it to a second firewall/router box that does
> > support port mapping.  You might also use some firewall/router
> > software in a PC that has two NICs (network interface cards).  One
> > NIC goes to your IDSL router, and the other one goes to your LAN. Its
> > probably cheaper to use a dedicated DSL router like the LinkSys box.
> > LinkSys sells such a box for about $120 USD.
>
> Sigh.  I had hoped SF could a simple and lightweight voice
> solution, but it's not working out that way.  I can't justify
> dumping a bunch of $$ into additional hardware that *might* help
> when e.g. Yahoo Messenger works just fine without any tweaking.
> SF may not be a good solution for me.
>
> Thanks,
> Gary
>
>
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