moto ata 186 w/vonage

Is the caller id that is sent stored in the actual ATA? If so, how does one change it?

Thanks Dave

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Henry Cabot Henhouse III
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Ooops My Bad... it's a Moto VT1005

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Henry Cabot Henhouse III

In general, data for direct SIP calls (eg. between two SIP phones) without any PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network) gateway between, will show the name that is configured into the ATA. Calls made to the PSTN will show the name that some central database has for that phone number. Changing the value in your ATA won't have any effect for these calls.

It is ironic that free direct calls between two SIP phones will tend to be better quality and more featureful (like being able to correctly display each family members name in the caller-id) than calls made through a for-pay voip-to-pstn gateway service.

If you bought an ATA that comes password-protected you are probably out of luck. Some services will unlock it for you when you leave for some nominal fee (like $15). Others will charge you extra if you don't return the unit (even though you might have paid a fee to "buy" the unit from a store. Go figure.)

Once you know the password, or if it is a fresh unit from the factory without a password, you just point your browser at the ATA's IP address, enter the admin password and change the configuration. Some units like the Sipura have hundreds of configurable items. Others like the Grandstream line have maybe two dozen items you get to tweak. Obviously it helps to have the ATA's manual. Both Sipura and Grandstream have some of their manuals online in pdf form.

-wolfgang

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Wolfgang S. Rupprecht

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