Half the time can't answer incoming calls to Obi110 phone [-RESOLVED-]
obiJuanKanobi:
Finally had a chance to upgrade my WRT54GL router with Tomato firmware. Before I did this I was having the following problems:
Half the time I called Obi home from my Obion cell phone, I couldn't hear answering party.Incoming calls to GV Obi home sometimes did not answer when receiver picked up and go to voice mail.Obi reboots itself about once a day
After upgrading to Tomato, these problems have all gone away. The installation was easy, and once I cloned the PC's MAC, it came to life. Didn't change much from defaults, enabled NAT-PMP and forwarded SIP and RTP ports.
Now I feel like I have a real phone and my friends and family don't joke about my phone anymore. Thanks for the suggestion Ron :)
earthtoobi:
Obijuankanobi:
infact you dont even need NAT-PMP and port forwarding enabled.
everything should work fine without that.( unless you have multiple Obis/Xbox etc that connect to same router)
the thing that tomato is popular for is its Qos. you can enable it especially if you have a smaller bandwidth for upload/heavy internet activity.
if you are interested in Qos settings, there is a separate thread on that.
QBZappy:
Here is one thread discussing QOS on Tomato firmware
Tomato firmware setup on a router
http://www.obitalk.com/forum/index.php?topic=1102.msg6952#msg6952
RonR:
Quote from: earthtoobi on August 18, 2011, 07:10:36 am
infact you dont even need NAT-PMP and port forwarding enabled.
everything should work fine without that.( unless you have multiple Obis/Xbox etc that connect to same router)
I would argue that these are beneficial and should be enabled even with a single OBi. Port forwarding is essential for things like reliable reception of incoming SIP URI's. It's such a simple insurance against problems that it doesn't make sense to me not to include it as part of any VoIP installation.
earthtoobi:
Ronr, i think people need to make the call based on their network configuration and paranoia levels.
1. some might not like ports managed on the router by applications in LAN unless mandated ...like online gaming.(Upnp/NAT-PMP types).
2. if devices in LAN are working seamlessly in correlation with WAN/internet connection, then there is no need for port forward.
3. people might not want to set aside multiple ranges of ports to specific devices/services on LAN. we never know if the same ports would be used by any other application/device in the network. for example, you never know what specific port range that google voice will open on your device(as it is not configurable) or when you want to use a SIp client on a laptop in the LAN on an Adhoc basis.
in summary, based on some of these factors each can make the call.what you mention is true if people are seeing issues.its a question of using brute force vs intelligence of your router.
when things are working either ways, it becomes a matter of taste.
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