Comments on: Connect Linksys RT31P2 to existing network

By: Yoel

Yoel — Mon, 31 Jan 2005 04:22:45 +0000

Am I glad somebody around here knows what they are doing! Maybe someone here can help me, I probably have a 'no brainer' but its got me stumped.

I'm trying to connect a LinkSys RT31P2 vonage box behind a ECI B-Focus Router-Modem (312+). In Canada and the United States I plugged the RT31P2 in behind the modem everywhere I went … it worked FLAWLESSLY (I could not believe my good luck to discover a neytworking technology that worked FIRST time and EVERY time!). My luck ran out.

Over here in Europe I have had zero success in getting the RT31P2 to pass through IP packets to the computer.

I also can not find very much written material on this ECI Modem-Router! Any suggestions?

By: Craig

Craig — Sun, 16 Jan 2005 20:54:58 +0000

I did this setup as follows but now need to access the admin of the RT31P2 so I cn do some port forwarding, but I can't find the URL of the admin for this router.

ANy help would be great, oh and these instructions worked perfectly!

By: Brent Bennett

Brent Bennett — Wed, 05 Jan 2005 19:29:45 +0000

I wish I had made the switch from Verizon sooner.. It took me just under an hour to disconnect my phonelines from the landline and connect it to the Vonage RT31p2. I have the RT31p2 in front of my wireless router and I have zero problems with traffic in and out of my network.

My only complaint about Vonage is the occasional need to redial a number after a fast busy on the first attempt, as well as the occasional "quiet" or voice drop to the inbound caller. Other than that, I certainly prefer my new phone bill to my old.

By: Carl

Carl — Mon, 27 Dec 2004 17:18:22 +0000

The RT31p2 works ok – except in environments were it needs to exchange routing information – the dynamic routing feature has several bugs – it won't fully exchange rip v2 routes with another linksys router or a Cisco 3620 router – which is what I have in my home network. Vonage service is good – the Linksys folks need to work out some bugs on the router though. Tech support is a joke

By: TP

TP — Mon, 27 Dec 2004 00:47:54 +0000

Kevin -
I have an RT31P2 (fw 2.0.11(LIc)) hooked up to an SMC router.
The crux is that when I uplink using the WAN port, the phone works but the computers behind the Linksys cannot access the internet. When I uplink using one of the LAN ports and a cross over cable, the computers work but the phone service does not
Here is a mock up of the setup
Modem
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SMC (No DHCP)
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Linksys (Static IP, No NAT, No DHCP)
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Computer Phone

I tried various configurations, including the one you mention above. On the status tab/local network -> registration status it still says "cant connect to login server".
Any help would be appreciated
thanks
TP