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After learning that the Linksys RT32P2 I purchased was locked to
Vonage, I returned it. While at Staples I noticed the Linksys
PAP2. I asked a sales person about whether or not it was
similarly locked. We noted that it did not list Vonage service
under the minimum requirements and he encouraged me to just get
it and return it if it didn't work.
Well...I've been trying it. It does indeed appear to be an
SPA-2000 under the hood. When it boots, it makes a TFTP request
to ls.tftp.vonage.net for "/spa000F66A84007.xml". The Web
interface is Linksys-branded but similar to the Sipura devices.
One of the options is "Admin Login". When I tried this, I was
unable to authenticate successfully. I called Linksys support
in India. After a couple of people told me that there was no
Web interface, I made a tunnel to the PAP2 and gave one of the
technicians the URL. He tried it. Long silence.
Finally he said that he had examined the URL and determined it
to be a PAP2 simulator. Arrghh! It took a few more minutes
to convince him that it's the non-existant Web interface on
*my* PAP2 that he was seeing. (BTW, another technician told
me to hit a reset button on the unit. There is none. She was
sure it was "near the lights.")
I finally got to talk to Senior Technician Gordon (in the
US?). He quickly explained that it's locked to Vonage. It
only took an hour on the phone to get the answer but it was at
least a bit entertaining.
BTW, it does appear that the unit can directly dial IP
addresses without registering with Vonage. So you *could* use
it on its own (especially on a phone with speed dial) or with
Asterisk. It's not worth it to me though.
Back goes another piece of Linksys hardware... I'll spend the
extra $20 for hardware I control.
--kyler
After learning that the Linksys RT32P2 I purchased was locked to
Vonage, I returned it. While at Staples I noticed the Linksys
PAP2. I asked a sales person about whether or not it was
similarly locked. We noted that it did not list Vonage service
under the minimum requirements and he encouraged me to just get
it and return it if it didn't work.
Well...I've been trying it. It does indeed appear to be an
SPA-2000 under the hood. When it boots, it makes a TFTP request
to ls.tftp.vonage.net for "/spa000F66A84007.xml". The Web
interface is Linksys-branded but similar to the Sipura devices.
One of the options is "Admin Login". When I tried this, I was
unable to authenticate successfully. I called Linksys support
in India. After a couple of people told me that there was no
Web interface, I made a tunnel to the PAP2 and gave one of the
technicians the URL. He tried it. Long silence.
Finally he said that he had examined the URL and determined it
to be a PAP2 simulator. Arrghh! It took a few more minutes
to convince him that it's the non-existant Web interface on
*my* PAP2 that he was seeing. (BTW, another technician told
me to hit a reset button on the unit. There is none. She was
sure it was "near the lights.")
I finally got to talk to Senior Technician Gordon (in the
US?). He quickly explained that it's locked to Vonage. It
only took an hour on the phone to get the answer but it was at
least a bit entertaining.
BTW, it does appear that the unit can directly dial IP
addresses without registering with Vonage. So you *could* use
it on its own (especially on a phone with speed dial) or with
Asterisk. It's not worth it to me though.
Back goes another piece of Linksys hardware... I'll spend the
extra $20 for hardware I control.
--kyler