I have a phone adapter "basic talk" that has been flashed and working with my Linksys running version 2

now that I have updated to version 3 the node doesn't recognize the phone adapter.

if this isn't the correct place to ask please point me in the right direction.

if you can help with my problem please help me thanks.

Larry KB8EMD

Larry, Did you hack-flash this "basic talk" device (I'm assuming it's a grandstream HT701 device originally branded with basic talk firmware)? Can you provide a little more detail on what "node doesn't recognize" means? In the setup screen under port forwarding, it does not show a "current DHCP lease" for this device?

There have been a couple of times where I've not seen a lease when there should have been. This worked for me as a work around (and debug step)--maybe a long shot, but try to access the device by the IP address, "http://10.x.x.x" . Look at basic setup screen for the LAN IP address (and try the next 5 consecutive IP #s). If you plug other devices into the LAN ports on the Linksys, do they receive a lease and work correctly?

Joe AE6XE

VOIP service providers package and sell discounted Analog telephone Adapters (ATA). They recoup the actual cost of the device in the monthly service cost. For example Frys was selling a basic talk device for $5. The OEM of this device is grandstream and you can buy it for around ~$35 with original firmware.

However, these branded devices have firmware locked to the provider (meaning the "SIP" protocol is configured to use their servers over the internet). To use these devices on the bbhn mesh network requires that you hack or unlock the firmware (and then configure it to use your mesh SIP server--Astrisk--or direct IP# dial).

http://www.bauer-power.net/2010/05/how-to-hack-your-magicjack-to-make.html#.VK3G-SvF-NM

The "basic talk" device can only be hacked if you have never connected it to the internet. The default password is known to make setting changes, but is changed immediately after the device is put on the internet--then it's a brick only usable with that service provider.

I recommend only buying a VOIP device that is sold explicitly with an ability to configure your own SIP server or configurable to use any service provider.

Joe the adapter has been "hacked" and worked with V.2

I hate to say I'm not to smart with using any mesh stuff yet

I'm learning but it is hard to teach an old dog new tricks

I'll need the phone adapter and phone and I am also going to be adding a camera

let me do some more testing thanks for the help I'll be back (after my stay in the hospital)

to see if I can get it working.

Larry

Just received a phone call from a friend about my ADA phone adapter

he said V.3 will only allow one thing to be plugged into a Linksys router.

it can be a computer, camera or phone adapter.

he told me "they" determined hooking two or more devices can cause some kind of trouble.

I have two routers so I'll try this out sometime this week

if I feel up to doing anything after I get out of the hospital.

LARRY

darn it anyway.........double post

LARRY

There is no one device limit on BBHN unless the node was changed to 1 host direct mode.

The default is to allow up to 5 devices.

If your friends really have found an issue in the firmware where this is the case it would be really nice if they submit details on it so that it can be looked into.

NOTE NOTE NOTE

Just in case someone read my post and got the Idea that V.3 

only supports 1 device that is not true.............it still supports 5.

this from my more learned friend: 

"the part that was disconnected in V.3 was the ability to direct link 

two nodes using an Ethernet cable. with v.2 you could connect any other 

node's Ethernet port directly to the Linksys...and force all traffic between those 

nodes to go through the cable, Vs. through the RF link. you could also crossband 5.8

nodes with 2.4 nodes, simply by plugging LAN port of the 5.8 into one of the LAN ports on the Linksys.

THAT no longer works.....NOW you have to use an outboard switch...and make the

direct link Ethernet connection through the outboard switch." 

I am truly sorry for putting out false information, BUT I truly thought from reading 

that the 5 devices had been changed to one 1, I was wrong!

Larry KB8EMD

Technically even the onboard switch still can do Linking with Ubiquiti devices but it has to be enabled manually (and need to understand he issues of doing so) as Ubiquiti gear was not caught up in the flaw (it was Realtek chips used by a LOT of devices) and would always link, but in order to ensure  user laptops an devices still worked it had to be disabled on Linksys hardware by default but can be re-enabled (per the release notes) manually. Ubiquiti of course was fin with it all and the feature is still enabled "out of the box" on Ubiquiti.