Advanced iTalkBB hardware setting

If you have a wireless access point (WAP) or have more than one computers at home, you would connect your WAP or multi-port router with the iTalkBB VoIP box (Linksys SPA2101). Now you have two options.

(a)
Cable/DSL modem
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VoIP Box ---> telephone
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WAP/Router ---> PC

(b)
Cable/DSL modem
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WAP/Router --> PC
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Voip Box ---> telephone

Option (a) is suggested in the installation guide. If you don't need to run a more advanced home network, this is the way to go. The pros are easy to setup, and the potential for the vo-ip box assigning higher priority to voice traffic over competing data traffic. However, you need to contact the iTalkBB technical support if you would like to have some specific port-forwarding (e.g., port 80) enabled. The login information attached in the installation guide does not give administrator privilege required for such settings.

Option (b) gives more flexible control on the home network setup. However, one needs to be more knowledgeable in setting up the network IP addresses and configuring port-forwarding properly. The best way to do so is to bind a static IP address to the vo-ip box by the mac address and set incoming port forwarding of the iTalkBB required ports (5060, 6802, 16384-16482) to that IP address. It's not very hard to do, but you should only use this setup when you know what you are doing.

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