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Hello,<br />
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I've configured a PAP2 with a voipbuster account. I have a laptop on the same network using a different voipbuster account. However, it is very unreliable when I try to call the phone from the laptop. The voipbuster client on the laptop says &quot;connecting&quot; reports that there is a local network problem (Even though the pap2 contact is appearing as online). But if i keep trying it works sometimes.<br />
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Any suggestions on how to make it more reliable?<br />
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I don't think it is a firewall issue. The pap2 is assigned an IP from the dhcp server. Should i make it static? It didn't work when i gave it a static IP before. <br />
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Thanks
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Hello,

I've configured a PAP2 with a voipbuster account. I have a laptop on the same network using a different voipbuster account. However, it is very unreliable when I try to call the phone from the laptop. The voipbuster client on the laptop says "connecting" reports that there is a local network problem (Even though the pap2 contact is appearing as online). But if i keep trying it works sometimes.

Any suggestions on how to make it more reliable?

I don't think it is a firewall issue. The pap2 is assigned an IP from the dhcp server. Should i make it static? It didn't work when i gave it a static IP before. 

Thanks

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