Freeware Router?

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I have a laptop with a wireless card and an ethernet port. I have a Vonage
phone. I would think that if the correct software were running on the
laptop, I could log onto the internet wirelessly and plug the vonage adapter
into the machine's ethernet port.

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but that "correct software" would be a
router, wouldn't it?

Does anybody know of such software?

Thank you.
 
Exray said:
I have a laptop with a wireless card and an ethernet port. I have a
Vonage phone. I would think that if the correct software were
running on the laptop, I could log onto the internet wirelessly and
plug the vonage adapter into the machine's ethernet port.
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I don't know what Vonage is, but if it's an ordinary analogue telephone,
then you are mistaken. If it is an IP phone, however, it should work.
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but that "correct software" would be a
router, wouldn't it?
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Assuming you have an IP phone, what you are looking for is something called
network address translation, a.k.a. NAT.

A router is technically a piece of hardware providing NAT functionality.
This hardware would in your case be your laptop.
Does anybody know of such software?
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Does anybody know what operating system you are running? Most modern
operating systems does provide some sort of NAT functionality. In most
Windows versions it is called "Internet Connection Sharing" (ICS). Try
googling for it, and you will probably find a step-by-step setup procedure
somewhere. If not, try asking in a newsgroup related to your OS and
networking.
 
Thank you Andre.

Vonage is an IP phone, and actually I have two laptops, one running Win2K
and the other running Win ME. Both should have ICS as part of the operating
system, and I'll have a try at it.

André Gulliksen wrote:
| | Exray wrote:
| | | I have a laptop with a wireless card and an ethernet port. I
| | | have a Vonage phone. I would think that if the correct software
| | | were
| | | running on the laptop, I could log onto the internet wirelessly
| | | and
| | | plug the vonage adapter into the machine's ethernet port.
| |
| | I don't know what Vonage is, but if it's an ordinary analogue
| | telephone, then you are mistaken. If it is an IP phone, however, it
| | should work.
| |
| | | Please correct me if I'm wrong, but that "correct software" would
| | | be a router, wouldn't it?
| |
| | Assuming you have an IP phone, what you are looking for is
| | something called network address translation, a.k.a. NAT.
| |
| | A router is technically a piece of hardware providing NAT
| | functionality. This hardware would in your case be your laptop.
| |
| | | Does anybody know of such software?
| |
| | Does anybody know what operating system you are running? Most modern
| | operating systems does provide some sort of NAT functionality. In
| | most Windows versions it is called "Internet Connection Sharing"
| | (ICS). Try googling for it, and you will probably find a
| | step-by-step setup procedure somewhere. If not, try asking in a
| | newsgroup related to your OS and networking.
 
Exray said:
I have a laptop with a wireless card and an ethernet port. I have a Vonage
phone. I would think that if the correct software were running on the
laptop, I could log onto the internet wirelessly and plug the vonage adapter
into the machine's ethernet port.
Click to expand...

I think you are looking for a freeware equivalent of Kerio WinRoute
Firewall (http://www.kerio.com/kwf_home.html). If that is what you are
after then I don't think there is any freeware for Windows. At least I
cannot remember anyone posting one in this newsgroup.

Ulrich
 
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