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VoIP Mechanic

• About Us
  • Policies
  • VoIP News
• What is VoIP?
• Glossary
• Installation & Setup
  • Planning the move to VoIP
  • Planning 2 Survey, Study, Subscribe
    • How to Clone a MAC address on an RT31P2
    • Bridging a Westell DSL modem
    • Bridging a Netopia DSL modem
    • How to configure a Linksys Router to use PPPoE
    • How to configure a Linksys RT31P2 to use PPPoE
    • How to configure a Motorola VT1005 to use PPPoE
    • How to configure a Motorola VT2442 to use PPPoE
  • Features - Residential VoIP Services
  • The Top Ten Questions to ask a potential VoIP Provider
  • Avoiding 5 Mistakes when moving to VoIP
• Porting - a primer
  • Porting, a little about LNP
• Distribute the VoIP
• VoIP Business Solutions
• Internet Business Phone System
  • What to look for in a Hosted PBX
  • 10 Questions to ask a Provider
    • Hosted VoIP Questions-cont.
  • Features of good business VoIP
  • 5 Tips for good SOHO business VoIP
  • Is your a good fit for Hosted VoIP
  • Thoughts on setting up a hosted PBX
• SIP - A Basic Tutorial
• SIP Trunking - A primer
  • SIP Trunking Checklist
• About Asterisk™
  • Securing Asterisk™
    • Video of hacking a PBX
  • Correcting echo in Asterisk™ deployments
  • Interfacing Asterisk with overhead paging
• Asterisk™ based IP-PBX
• 10 benefits of an IP-PBX
• Pros & Cons; Hosted VoIP vs an IP-PBX
• IP Phones-an introduction
• VoIP ATA access
• Technical Support
  • Networking & LAN Issues
    • Linksys PAP2 information
    • QoS for VoIP
      • Setting QoS for VoIP
      • QoS settings on Linksys routers
      • About application priority QoS
  • Networking & LAN Issues-routers & switches
    • How to disable DHCP on a Linksys wireless router
    • How to disable DHCP on a D-Link wireless router
    • How to disable DHCP on a Netgear wireless router
    • How to disable DHCP on a Belkin router
    • How to configure a Linksys BEFSR41 for QoS
    • How to configure Port Forwarding on a Linksys Router
  • Simple VoIP troubleshooting steps
    • Testing bandwidth & VoIP MOS
  • Wan Connectivity & the Internet
    • Troubleshooting your VoIP Internet connection
    • Securing your router
    • Motorola Surfboard and Ambit Modem Information
• Faxing Issues & Other Devices
  • Turning off ECM and Lowering the Baud Rate
  • Lowering the Baud Rate on some Fax machines
  • VoIP Fax Settings for HP Fax Machines
  • VoIP Fax Settings for Brother Fax Machines
  • VoIP Fax Settings for Canon Fax Machines
  • VoIP Fax Settings for Sharp Fax Machines
  • VoIP Fax Settings for Dell Multifunction/Fax Machines
  • VoIP Fax Settings on Panasonic Fax Machines
    • Fax Manuals
  • ATA settings for faxing
  • Alarms and credit card machines & VoIP
• Internet Faxing Services
  • Online Fax Choices
• Phone and Voice Quality
  • Buzzing, Static and Interference
  • Delayed Speech and long dead spots
  • Echo Troubleshooting
  • Echo-A technical tutorial
• Voice Quality Continued
  • The top 5 complaints & fixes
  • Dropped Calls
• Softphones
  • Free Windows Softphones
  • Free Linux Softphones
  • Free Macintosh Softphones
• Services & Applications
• Links of Interest
• FAQs - General questions about VoIP & Porting
• FAQs - Installation & Trobleshooting
• Contact
• Site Map

Whether you currently have VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) phone service, are researching it, or are just curious, sooner or later you may need some help and technical advice.  We offer information to correct some of the issues and problems that can occur like echo, choppy voice, delayed speech, and problems that can result from faxing and dropped calls.  We offer you easy fixes to complex problems.  We also provide helpful information about VoIP installations, planning and things you will want to know if considering VoIP.  Additionally, we offer information to business for solutions ranging from hosted VOIP to an Asterisk PBX.  

Any great new technology has a learning curve; we want to make it simple for you to get to the front of that curve. 

We want to keep you connected.