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:
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>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
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