Thanks, Charles. Comcast Tech support said I could keep my current Surfboard for data and use theirs for the voice. I thought that was redundant, but I see your point. One of my co-workers has voice and data on the same modem and he'll occasionally drop out on our phone conversations - it is really annoying.
Just what I need - another electronic device to plug in... ;-) As usual, you've been a big help, Charles. Sounds like separate modems for voice/data is the way to go. Ken At 16:45 2007-04-16, Charles Steinkuehler wrote: >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 > >Ken Gentle wrote: > > I'm trying to figure out if adding Comcast's Digital Voice service, > > which requires me to lease an eMTA modem from them, is going to cause > > me any problems with my current network setup. > > > > Comcast will supply either an Arris Touchstone or Motorola > > Surfboard/Voice modem, with battery backup. My research on the > > Motorola finds that there is a firewall and NAT on the modem (which I > > don't want). I can't find anything similar about the Arris Touchstone. > > > > Does anyone have any experience with either of these modems and > Bering uClibc? > >I have two Arris Touchstone modems for digital voice on Cox cable-modem >service (one for business phone, one for residential), but neither is >hooked to my firewall (which is hooked to a third modem). > >When I setup my business-class network service with digital voice, the >Cox folks brought me a new Arris modem for voice, but told me to keep >the existing cable modem for data. I was told there can be issues with >traffic prioritization within a single modem if it's running both data >and voice (ie: if your local computer starts spewing garbage full-speed >out to the 'net, your phone might stop working). I'm not sure how >seriously to take this, but that's what the installer said. > >You might ask and see if you can just keep your existing modem for data >when they install your new voice service. If you're nice to the >installer, (s)he'll probably even provide the required splitter and coax >patch cables. If you're *REALLY* nice, you might be able to get them to >put their demark on your backboard in the wiring closet, instead of >hanging off the side of your house somewhere. :) > >- -- >Charles Steinkuehler >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (MingW32) >Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > >iD8DBQFGI+B5LywbqEHdNFwRAgo0AJwPbRzE6QjZah8aCXrw7y4+KMf9AACg9u41 >VKR3Lb+2REOQ9KFncxPbd+4= >=RpM7 >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express >Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take >control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. >http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >leaf-user mailing list: leaf-user@lists.sourceforge.net >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user >Support Request -- http://leaf-project.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: leaf-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user Support Request -- http://leaf-project.org/