Grandstream 486 Setup hell!

Hi all,

I bought a Grandstream 486 voip box so I could use my voipuser account but I've had pretty much zero success in setting it up. Perhaps somebody could give me a helping hand!

My setup:

Cable Modem, attached to the WAN port of a DIR-655 router.

Right now, the only way to get the 486 to work is to connect it directly to one of my spare LAN ports on the PC and configure it that way. I can't for the life of me get it to work on my router. I don't want to use the 486 as a NAT as my internet is 24Mbps and the 486 only supports 10Mbps. Is there any way to get it working directly on my router?

It does have a bridge mode but I've no idea how to configure it.

In addition to this, I can't get it to work with my BT cordless phone. I tried splicing and dicing the cable into different configs but I've had zero luck. I had to buy a cheap phone to configure it.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks

Nick

Hi Nick

When using the 486 you need to connect the wan port to your router.
But first of all you will need to set it up initally via the lan then allow access via the wan, also set the wan to get its IP via dhcp. you may need to set up stun depending on connection

Ian

You will find manuals on the Grandstream site. I used to have a Grandsteam 488 and it did work very well with voipuser until it overheated. If I remember correctly the best approach is start with the device not connected to the internet but connected to a computer through the LAN port. Turn it and the computer on and see if the computer can get an IP. If it can you can then load up the setup page. If this does not work you will need to use the IVR (phone connection) to start. THis is all described in the manual. Set the device up to get IP for the WAN with DHCP and put in the login info for you provider. You will almost certainly need to configure STUN (the voipuser server is stun.voipuser.org). Voipuser does not have an Outgoing Proxy Server so leave it blank.Once setup you can power the device down and connect the WAN port of the device to the LAN port of the router. Power up and it should work.

UK phone
The GS 486 use the US kind of connector so you will probably need adapter. You can buy and one fairly cheaply from a number of suppliers or make your own (search the internet for instructions.

ianplain :

Hi Nick When using the 486 you need to connect the wan port to your router. But first of all you will need to set it up initally via the lan then allow access via the wan, also set the wan to get its IP via dhcp. you may need to set up stun depending on connection Ian

Cheers for the hint. It worked beautifully. It's an unusual setup so I didn't think to try it!

My only problem right now is with my BT cordless phone. I can't get it to work for the life of me!

The model is a Freestyle 2010 Handset. There are three in the house and the 486 is connected to the one and only base station in the house with a European (internation style) plug. I've thought about rewiring it as I had to do this to make it work here in Austria where I live (I'm a UK expat ), but perhaps somebody could help me a little before I start changing wires?

Cheers,

Nick

The US connection normally uses two wires but the UK normally uses 3 and uses a ring capacitor (I hope I have the story right!). For others you will need to find the specifications and there may be other problems. Adapters seem to be available but usually xxx to US.

http://www.laptoptravel.com/ProductCate ... px?id=5163
http://www.deltacom.co.uk/acatalog/Inte ... pters.html

The simple solution is to see if you can find an adapter in Austria.

Hmmm....that would make sense as I had to do some re-wiring of my telephone box in the house to get the phone to work. Unfortunately I've tried the same settings without any luck

I bought a little telephone extender so I can make the re-wiring changes so if anyone has any BT to Internation plug wiring diagrams, I'd appreciate it!

beanbag :

I bought a little telephone extender so I can make the re-wiring changes so if anyone has any BT to Internation plug wiring diagrams, I'd appreciate it!

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Hmmm....that would make sense as I had to do some re-wiring of my telephone box in the house to get the phone to work. Unfortunately I've tried the same settings without any luck I bought a little telephone extender so I can make the re-wiring changes so if anyone has any BT to Internation plug wiring diagrams, I'd appreciate it!

Yes, I think that is what you will have to do. In roughly the same situation having got a GS 286 for a relative in the UK the simple answer (I am in Canada) was to take over a Canadian phone (same as the US).

Hi

BT phone do require the ring to be presented on pin 3 unlike most phones that now work happily with 2 and 5 of the BT socket or 3 and 4 of the rj11, you need to get a true BT addaptor that has the capacitor in it.

Ian

Get your next visitors to bring you over a standard BT Master socket, connect it to the phone line (next to the existing local socket) for connecting UK orientated phones.

It works for me here in Portugal

Hi

If you want to get your soldering iron out the spec is here http://www.sinet.bt.com/351v4p5.pdf to make it

Ian

Cheers all for the replies chaps. I've tried playing around with the wires without any luck so I've got a mate of mine to bring a master socket from the UK when he comes to visit in a month.

Now....next new problem....! (But you have to check out a new thread first)