Thanks for the welcome. I can't say too much about how BS does DHCP, my address is fixed. I would not expect the address to change too often. When I had a DHCP address I don't think it changed when the phone rang.
I've got a couple of these filters laying around. BS hands them out like candy when you move. I could put one in an envelope and send it to your father, or deliver if he's near me. I'm in Brevard county. Bob... On Tue, 2006-05-09 at 08:55 -0400, Hadar Pedhazur wrote: > Bob Chiodini wrote: > > I'm a Bellsouth DSL user in FL too. Here, the filter has a DSL/modem > > jack and a POTS jack. So if a phone and modem share the same wall plate > > the filter does the split. > > Interesting, I'm pretty sure that when they installed it in his > apartment, they put in the Y cable, so it's definitely a supported > Bellsouth configuration. > > > I don't think connecting the DSL modem directly the loop is wise. > > That's assuming that the filter actually filters something on the DSL > > port and that the modem does not have a built-in filter. My modem is a > > Westell. > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DSL_filter > > Thanks. > > > One other possibility, the ringing is causing packet loss (UDP) that the > > HT486 is not handling very well. Normal TCP traffic would generally > > recover. The streaming audio test should confirm the loss. Does the > > HT486 have any kind of logging? > > I don't know about the logging, but you might be correct with regard to > the packet loss. > > Rich Adamson conjectured that's it's a firewall issue, and it certainly > feels like that. Last night, it occurred to me that perhaps an answered > POTS line causes the modem to request a new DHCP lease, meaning, it > changes it's IP address. If that were the case, it would explain the > behavior I'm seeing, namely that we can continue to hear him, because > the HT can still find the remote end, but the remote end can no longer > find him... > > I don't know how easily I can verify that (remotely, I'm not sure I can > talk my Dad through that one ;-), but perhaps I can prove that theory > one way or another... > > > I'm still testing VOIP (read newbie) and have not run across this > > scenario. I'll add it to my list of things to test. > > Welcome! > > > Bob... _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
