return void;

so this sunday, i was determined to get our VoIP phone up and running once more. i have been putting it off for roughly 2 months since we started using dsl.

it was a 5 hour process that required the entire evening. basically, when i got the new modem from SBC, it used an internal IP address that was only accessible to the machine that is directly connected. that IP (192.168.0.1) just so happened to be the same IP as my router’s internal address. so when i installed the router, i pushed the IP of the internal network NIC down one to 192.168.0.2.

i didn’t realize it at the time, but the lingo device used that IP as well. so i had to push the lingo IP address back. but to do that, i had to log into the little web admin page that the device hosts. unfortunately, i was unable to remember the admin password, so i had to flash the ROM. i was warned to perform this as few times as possible. after having done so, i also managed to forget the settings that i setup on the admin page as well.

after 4 phone calls (~3 hours worth of talking) to lingo’s tech support, i finally got the information that i needed. the tech support for lingo is pretty decent, for off-shored business. they were actually able to carry a technical conversation, which aides very much in solving the problem. apparently, the only mistake i was making was that the WAN port needed to be set to use a static IP, the one you desire, and the rest should be kosher. need to know information that is not posted on their support site.

to summarize, here’s what is needed to get a lingo device hooked up to you LAN behind your router:

• set the port forwarding rules (both protocols):

1. 53
2. 69
3. 1024-1030
4. 5060-5065
5. 10000-20000

• set a static IP for the WAN settings on the lingo device
• plug a cat5 cable from the WAN port to the hub/switch
• set the dsl model to use “smart dial”
• hook phone cable into PH1 on the lingo device