DW thinks it's awesome. this is just a standard handset/free account test # only but looks promising
I may have just nipped another ~$80/mo from our budget (landline w/long distance service fees on it)
Had to share my awesome ppt
troubleshooting the uverse/2wire broadband GW is sort of a black-box procedure, had to capture packets all the way back on the switch (3750) to see what wasnt working. The NAT configuration of the 7975 phone finally worked but I also tried putting it 'on the DMZ/virtual DMZ' on the uverse2wire but the return traffic was never getting across. some kind of bridging issue I guess (I flattened the network at layer 2 for simplicity), I did of course define a custom traffic pool for both signalling and media matching the port ranges of the phone, didnt look like the uverse 2wire GW had one that matched but I wanted to be sure
baby steps :) was fun getting it all working, now I just have to add the FXS cards I have lying around with some normal 'wireless' 5ghz phones and add them to the account.
DW is cool with the slightly degraded 'safety' features of VOIP/e911. I'm working on an alternate provider for that purpose for a backup VOIP phone that just lies around and can call 911 through an alternate provider (I have a brazillian SIP capable handsets lying around)
not sure why I never looked into this till now
edit: I only went the multiple AP route because I had a spare lying around and I couldn't find an ethernet cable long enough to span my office to where the uverse/2wire box was sitting. lol
edit2: and getting WPA2 working between these two boxes was a mind*&$&, I was trolling support forums, re-flashing, and pulling my hair out. was going to just leave the SSID's wide open as 'FBI SURVEILLANCE VAN(s)' but finally got it to work without resorting to that