Help with OpenWRT, Asterisk, and Vonage solution :-(

Hello,

I am having difficulty finding information on the web with solutions for Vonage, OpenWRT, and Asterisk.

I would like to know what my options / choices are with Vonage, OpenWRT and Asterisk? Basically I have a Buffalo router that I have installed OpenWRT (White Russian 0.9). I have not done anything further to the router as of yet.

What will this combination allow me to do? Essentially I would like a remote location have some kind of ATA or other router device that would provide dial tone on the far end and complete or generate calls through my Vonage connection (the far end does not have Vonage service, only high speed internet). I think this is possible? I'm not sure how many remote locations I can have off my unit? Whether I can create extensions, etc?

If there are any other cool suggestions, tricks, or features that can be done with this, I would love to hear about it.

Thanks in advance

Greetings gil_happy and welcome to VoIPUser forum.

gil_happy :

I am having difficulty finding information on the web with solutions for Vonage, OpenWRT, and Asterisk.

I am sure you will have no problem findings information on OpenWRT + Asterisk, but not OpenWRT + Asterisk + Vonage. The reason is simply Vonage doesn't allow BYOD.

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I would like to know what my options / choices are with Vonage, OpenWRT and Asterisk?

Officially, there is no such option with Vonage; however, you can configure a SIP compliant ATA device with a built-in FXO port for your Asterisk PBX system to bridge to a PSTN (Vonage) line. This scheme is perfectly legal; however, it may introduce additional delays injected with additional noise on the line. There is a much better way to approach this; however, it may be considered illegal by Vonage. That is if you can find a way to unlock your ATA configured to your Vonage ATA device to derive its encryption key and know how to retrieve to decrypt its proper provision XML files using the encryption key, then you can find out your Vonage account information to configure it on your Asterisk PBX system. Whether this approach will work or not on your Asterisk PBX system is another story, let alone it certainly will violate your ToS with Vonage that can lead to earlier termination of services from Vonage at your own expenses.

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I would like a remote location have some kind of ATA or other router device that would provide dial tone on the far end and complete or generate calls through my Vonage connection (the far end does not have Vonage service, only high speed internet). I think this is possible? I'm not sure how many remote locations I can have off my unit? Whether I can create extensions, etc?

Yes, this is possible and can be done to have as many location as you wish. See my explanation above regarding a SIP compliant ATA device with a built-in FXO port.

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If there are any other cool suggestions, tricks, or features that can be done with this, I would love to hear about it.

Yup and I have already mentioned it above.

I forgot to mention that I don't have a Cisco ATA, but rather a Motorola VT1005v. I'm not sure if this changes things?

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gil_happy :

I forgot to mention that I don't have a Cisco ATA, but rather a Motorola VT1005v. I'm not sure if this changes things?

So long as your device is a SIP (preferable v2.0) compliant ATA, you won't have a problem. I don't have a Moto VT1005V ATA device; however, I believe it is an old SIP compliant ATA device. If yours is open (not locked), then I believe it should do the work for you.