[boysimple]

For work, I've started using a VOIP phone (Cisco 7960). The phone requires some port forwarding, and works fine if I plug it directly into the router (Netgear MR814).

However, I would like to be able to connect the phone to my powerbook via a crossover cable, and use the wireless connection to the internet. This means the setup would be::

[DSL Modem] --Ethernet-- [MR814] --802.11b-- [powerbook] --Crossover Cable-- [Cisco 7960]

The router is using a 192.168.1 IP range, the powerbook is 192.168.1.2

Basically, I need to know where to start. I've searched around the forum a bit, but can't seem to find something that points me in the proper direction.

Currently I see two options:

1) Somehow get the wireless router to see the Cisco Phone (which has it's own IP address, etc). This seems like it would be the easiest.

2) Have the ports for the phone forwarded to the powerbook, which then forwards along the data to the phone. And then somehow, the phone is able to send data out as well.

I don't want to get a wireless-ethernet bridge, as that shouldn't be necessary, and it seems like cheating.

Any tips, pointers, or suggestions would be very welcome.

Ethan

[aaanorton]

Hmmm... Seems to me that if the phone has an IP in the same subnet, then your problems are solved. Just forward the ports to it. Does it pick up a DHCP IP, or can you assign one to it? Are you sure you need a crossover cable? I'd be surprised if you did.

[boysimple]

Thanks for the tip on the cable - that was the trick. The phone works just fine now, except, I can't hear the caller (and no, it isn't the mute button). Gotta get my port forwarding skills up to par now.


E