VOIP with a linksys PAP2

THUFIR HAWAT hawat.thufir at gmail.com
Sun Jun 12 05:41:07 UTC 2005


On 6/12/05, Michael A. Peters <mpeters at mac.com> wrote:
...
> Something is screwy - VOIP shouldn't require anything linux, it
> shouldn't even require that your linux box is turned on.
> 
> I'm also using a Linksys product for VOIP (though it's different
> product).
> What is your setup?
> 
> It looks like the device you have needs to plug into a router of some
> sort.
> Is that what you are trying to do through your linux box? You can do
> that in Linux - install firestarter from Extras, it has a nice NAT gui
> tool. But in all honesty, it is better to buy a broadband router to go
> between your internet connection and your lan. Then plug your phone
> device into that, and your linux box into that.
> 
> 


aha.  in windows it's ICS, in linux it's masquerading dhcp with firestarter?


-Thufir




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