<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Just to report back in, the advice of the list was to not worry about it- they should work well. I took a DSL modem with a router on it and connected both phones (Grandstream GXP2k and 101)- they did not work. I found that I had to program in a STUN server. I also has to set it to use a random port instead of the default- a pre-defined port (else only 1 phone would ring regardless of extension). Now they both work well. Does anyone see a problem with this setup? Should I use my own STUN server? or can I continue with <FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana">stun</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana">.fwdnet.net? </FONT><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"></FONT>Also, where can I get information on provisioning? These phones will be out of my hands soon and I'd like to be able to update the configs. I saw a few utilities for generating the configs, but I'd like more specific info - I don't mind editing files by hand but want to know how it works. Does anyone have some resources? </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>thanks for all the help- this is a great list.</DIV><DIV> Todd<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Nov 6, 2006, at 10:28 AM, Todd- Asterisk wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">I've got my asterisk server in the DMZ of my local LAN - I've used my Budgetone and GXP2000's from the Internet- on direct IP connections with no problems.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>However, I'm about to deploy about 5 phones (either budgetone or GXP2000's) all on a LAN behind a NAT- on a different network than the Asterisk server.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Should I look into using STUN servers?<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Will this setup be a problem?<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>I've read about NAT and STUN on voip-info but am looking for more information.. <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>btw- I'm not set on Grandstream.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>If you think Polycom or something can handle NAT better, then I'll use that instead.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>I guess there's no IAX phones yet...<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Thanks in advance.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Todd</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>