Is it finally resolved?

Man, I feel like this VoIP thing has been a thorn in my side for some time now.

I so want it to work, and become an acceptable alternative to my POTS line, but at the same time, I have my doubts.

I think I finally got it nailed down tonight though.

Yesterday, before I realised my "Duh" maneuver regarding the DSL filters (See the next post down), I blamed the D-Link VoIP gateway on my DSL connectivity issues.

I changed my setup so that the VoIP gateway was behind my Linksys router.

Then, today, my wife messaged me to inform me that *all* of her calls were getting cut off at about 12 minutes. Repeatedly....12 minutes, every call.

That was too weird.

Anyhow, to keep a very long story short, seems my Linksys router in particular has a hardware issue that causes it to cut off streaming UDP traffic (Which in turn, cuts the VoIP) at about the 12 minute point.

Yep, that's the problem.

I changed the hardware around this evening again so that the D-Link VoIP gateway is once again controlling the DSL modem and PPPoE, and then plugged my router into the Ethernet output plug on the VoIP gateway.

And it all works nicely now.

And I hope it *stays* that way. I can not physically immagine anything else POSSIBLY going wrong, getting misconfigured, bug ridden, or otherwise being problematic. I figure in the first week of my VoIP adventure I've experienced just about *everything* that could possibly go wrong.

I figure I've gotten it licked now.

Whew!

On a side note, the Snowbirds visited Oshawa today in lead-up to the Canadian Aviation Expo this weekend. I had the amazing opportunity to watch the show from a very close vantage point.

If your interested, you can read all about it at my Student Pilot blog here.