Landline phone with own router on FTTP

[bruce_miranda]

Just got FTTP and everything is working fine off the VF router. Phone lines are plugged into the VF router, VF router's WiFi is switched off. 3rd party Mesh has been switched to Bridge mode and plugged into the VF's ethernet port.

However I am shocked at how feature poor the VF router is. e.g. There are no Parental controls at all. I know I can get rid of the VF router and plug my own Mesh router into the Openreach ONT, but what about the Landline. 

Are there any 3rd party routers in the market that have a telephone socket at the back to allow the home phone to be plugged in? 

[Splodgeink]

I'm using Pi-hole for y DNS except in the HT801 which apparently likes to see the internal DNS for SIP!

Here's a link to my settings

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GDVFsr_O-w-t-ciWRXkTp7G1_krgEJct/view?usp=share_link

😁

[Ripshod]

You need to use the vodafone dns as they're the only known servers to resolve the SIP servers. 

[Splodgeink]

You need to use the vodafone dns as they're the only known servers to resolve the SIP servers

Yep @Ripshod that's what I meant. I've only just realised that when replying to a post, the forum dumps it at the end without referring to the replied-to post. All my posts are replies to your posts around pages 8 to 10!!! 🙄🙄🙄

I think my modem is in the wrong mode, but I can't check until tomorrow pm! 👍

[Jayach]

When replying to a specific post, best to use the quote function, unless it's the very previous post. (when it would be assumed) 

[Ripshod]

@Splodgeink ust going through the confi g you posted

For "Use NAT IP" do you have your public static IP?

Other than that I can't see anything that may be out of place so I think your issue is somewhere else, likely in the advanced settings (I can't point exactly where as my HT801 has moved to a new home). Could be DNS though.

Bear in mind when I was playing with mine earlier it stopped connecting, even after I restored from  a good backup. I had to plug a vf router in and wait for the phone light. When I swapped back voip connected straight away. Maybe vf or their servers are detecting something untoward and blocking voip, but that is just a possible.

[Ripshod]

Today's headline:

IPv6 Breaks Registration

Yes, if you run a 6in4 tunnel such as tunnelbroker it will  break registration. So there's a choice, voip or IPv6. 

[ritz]

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@Ripshod wrote:

Today's headline:

IPv6 Breaks Registration

Yes, if you run a 6in4 tunnel such as tunnelbroker it will  break registration. So there's a choice, voip or IPv6. 

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Makes on wonder if this is the reason VF switched off IPv6 altogether on the fibre service...

Is v6 available on VDSL, or any other product where 'digital voice' is not offered alongside? Have they ever offered v6?

[Ripshod]

As far as I'm aware, apart from a short test a while back vodafone have never offered IPv6. 

[Jayach]

Yes, to turn something off, you would first need to turn it on.

[CrimsonLiar]

VoIP work with Vodafone's IPv6 when they finally get it up and running.  Not working probably has to do with the VF VoIP solution expecting the connection to remain within Vodafone's own networks and not come from a tunnel with an external IP.