THANKS Tom! Great article! I went ahead and bought a Linksys BEFSR81
yesterday for $100. It has QOS prioritizing. I'm already using the
BEFSR41, so the transition is pretty easy. I'll save this article, though.
I'm using http://www.sipphone.com for VoIP (it's FREE). Other than the QOS
problem I've mentioned, it works well. I should have the new router in
tonight. I'll see how it works then. sipphone.com offers a couple other
interesting services. First, they have "virtual numbers" that give you a
POTS number for something like $3 per month so you can receive calls from
non sip users. They also offer "sip minutes" that let you place calls
worldwide to POTS phones. Typical rates are between 5 and 10 cents a
minute. In addition, http://www.ipkall.com/ gives you a POTS number to
receive calls (and forward them to a sip phone) for free.

Interesting technology.

Harold



> Harold,
>
> "I, Cringely" just published this:
>
>         http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20040527.html
>
> It's on the Linksys WRT54G wireless access point which apparently runs
Linux in addition to having a wireless access point, router, 4 port
10/100 switch, and runs something like $70 - $100 or so.
>
> Cringely goes on to describe it as something quite hackable and capable
of running software that will do just what you are asking for.  As for
me, I know *nothing* of this first hand. YMMV of course.
>
> Good luck!
> Tom
>
>>On Thu, 27 May 2004 08:04:38 -0700, Harold Hallikainen wrote:
>>> Pretty off topic, but this is a smart group...  I'm currently using a
Linksys BEFSR41 router on my DSL. I have a problem that when there's
traffic from my web server, upstream voice from my sip phone is
interrupted. I'm looking at the Linksys BEFSR81 router to prioritize
VoIP
>>> packets to fix this problem. Do any of you have comments on this
router or
>>> have other recommendations?
>
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