SPA3102 Gateways, what are they?

Would gateways on a 3102 allow me to use different voip providers.

Say

Line 1=voip.co.uk
gateway1= voip**** for mobiles

gateway2=voip**** for non geographical

etc?

Brian wrote:
> Would gateways on a 3102 allow me to use different voip providers.
>
> Say
>
> Line 1=voip.co.uk
> gateway1= voip**** for mobiles
>
> gateway2=voip**** for non geographical
>
> etc?
>
>
They allow you to use other service providers for outbound calls only.

http://www.provu.co.uk/pdf/linksys/spa3102_ug.pdf ;)

cheers,
Paul.

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On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 17:32:06 +0100, Paul Hayes
<nomailforme@polog40.org.uk> wrote:

>Brian wrote:
>> Would gateways on a 3102 allow me to use different voip providers.
>>
>> Say
>>
>> Line 1=voip.co.uk
>> gateway1= voip**** for mobiles
>>
>> gateway2=voip**** for non geographical
>>
>> etc?
>>
>>
>They allow you to use other service providers for outbound calls only.
>
>http://www.provu.co.uk/pdf/linksys/spa3102_ug.pdf ;)

Thanks Paul. I have seen that but I don't see how you set up a
gateway, and then access it, and to be honest most of it just goes
right over my head.

I've decided dial plans are not required for me, nice as they are. The
potential for problems later, when I have forgotten all I learnt, is
too great, but it would be nice if I could use it for separate voip
providers.

It looks to me as if I need to set up a dial plan to access the
gateways anyway, which is not really what I want, and goes nowhere
near the ease of use I have with an orchid dialer for example. Just
pick the phone up dial a number and it routes it automatically
(obviously using it's own dial plan)

Brian <rates11@nospam.com> wrote:
> Thanks Paul. I have seen that but I don't see how you set up a
> gateway, and then access it, and to be honest most of it just goes
> right over my head.
>
> I've decided dial plans are not required for me, nice as they are. The
> potential for problems later, when I have forgotten all I learnt, is
> too great, but it would be nice if I could use it for separate voip
> providers.

Have a read of this howto, which makes things a lot clearer (to me, anyway):
http://www.jmgtechnology.com.au/spa_3102_guide.pdf

Looking at the use of the dialplan it does seem to do roughly what you want
(eg route 01xxx/02xxx to provider 1, 07xxx to provider 2, etc) but you do
have to specify the providers and mapping manually (partly because it's an
international product).

Page 15 covers gateways. You can set up a basic dialplan (the one shown)
that goes something like 'all calls go to provider 0 except those preceded
by #1 which go to provider 1'. (0 happens to be the PSTN, but change to 1-4
for VoIP providers)

Maybe there's a wiki or something out there where people can share their
dialplans?

Theo

On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 16:45:14 GMT, Brian <rates11@nospam.com> wrote:

>On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 17:32:06 +0100, Paul Hayes
><nomailforme@polog40.org.uk> wrote:
>
>>Brian wrote:
>>> Would gateways on a 3102 allow me to use different voip providers.
>>>
>>> Say
>>>
>>> Line 1=voip.co.uk
>>> gateway1= voip**** for mobiles
>>>
>>> gateway2=voip**** for non geographical
>>>
>>> etc?
>>>
>>>
>>They allow you to use other service providers for outbound calls only.
>>
>>http://www.provu.co.uk/pdf/linksys/spa3102_ug.pdf ;)
>
>Thanks Paul. I have seen that but I don't see how you set up a
>gateway, and then access it, and to be honest most of it just goes
>right over my head.
>
>I've decided dial plans are not required for me, nice as they are. The
>potential for problems later, when I have forgotten all I learnt, is
>too great, but it would be nice if I could use it for separate voip
>providers.
>
>It looks to me as if I need to set up a dial plan to access the
>gateways anyway, which is not really what I want, and goes nowhere
>near the ease of use I have with an orchid dialer for example. Just
>pick the phone up dial a number and it routes it automatically
>(obviously using it's own dial plan)
To answer your gateway 'access' question:
As part of your dial plan you include something like:-
<:@gw1> to access gateway 1 (similar for other gateways - landline is
gw0 ). This would form part of a dial plan segment (or 'rule').

All you do is set up the parameters for the various providers and
then, according to the number type dialled, the call is routed via the
appropriate provider, in keeping with the rules set out in the dial
plan.
For example:-
I have gateway 2 set to Astratel (Australia based provider).
If I was to route all my international calls via Astratel I would have
the rule:-
<00:0011>xx.<:@gw2>

0011 is one of the the Australian international access codes, the rule
converts 00 to 0011 (i.e. UK to Australian). Then any international
number can be dialled after that, e.g. 00 61 2 80045678 converts to
0011 61 2 80045678 - that is Sydney number 80045678
As <:@gw2> forms part of that dial plan segment then the call is
automatically routed via Astratel.

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On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 19:46:11 GMT, Brian A
<no_spam_bca1000@hotmail.com> wrote:

>On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 16:45:14 GMT, Brian <rates11@nospam.com> wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 17:32:06 +0100, Paul Hayes
>><nomailforme@polog40.org.uk> wrote:
>>
>>>Brian wrote:
>>>> Would gateways on a 3102 allow me to use different voip providers.
>>>>
>>>> Say
>>>>
>>>> Line 1=voip.co.uk
>>>> gateway1= voip**** for mobiles
>>>>
>>>> gateway2=voip**** for non geographical
>>>>
>>>> etc?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>They allow you to use other service providers for outbound calls only.
>>>
>>>http://www.provu.co.uk/pdf/linksys/spa3102_ug.pdf ;)
>>
>>Thanks Paul. I have seen that but I don't see how you set up a
>>gateway, and then access it, and to be honest most of it just goes
>>right over my head.
>>
>>I've decided dial plans are not required for me, nice as they are. The
>>potential for problems later, when I have forgotten all I learnt, is
>>too great, but it would be nice if I could use it for separate voip
>>providers.
>>
>>It looks to me as if I need to set up a dial plan to access the
>>gateways anyway, which is not really what I want, and goes nowhere
>>near the ease of use I have with an orchid dialer for example. Just
>>pick the phone up dial a number and it routes it automatically
>>(obviously using it's own dial plan)
>To answer your gateway 'access' question:
>As part of your dial plan you include something like:-
><:@gw1> to access gateway 1 (similar for other gateways - landline is
>gw0 ). This would form part of a dial plan segment (or 'rule').
>
>All you do is set up the parameters for the various providers and
>then, according to the number type dialled, the call is routed via the
>appropriate provider, in keeping with the rules set out in the dial
>plan.
>For example:-
>I have gateway 2 set to Astratel (Australia based provider).
>If I was to route all my international calls via Astratel I would have
>the rule:-
><00:0011>xx.<:@gw2>
>
>0011 is one of the the Australian international access codes, the rule
>converts 00 to 0011 (i.e. UK to Australian). Then any international
>number can be dialled after that, e.g. 00 61 2 80045678 converts to
>0011 61 2 80045678 - that is Sydney number 80045678
>As <:@gw2> forms part of that dial plan segment then the call is
>automatically routed via Astratel.
>

Thanks Brian. I'm safely tucked up with a PAP2T plugged into
Voip.Co.Uk and I think that's about as much as I can handle :-)