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#51
IDNet Help / Re: Move to SoGEA & VoIP
Last post by Tacitus - Apr 11, 2026, 17:29:48The Fritz is my own but the ATA is from iDNet and should be fully configured. It's visible on the network but I can't use a browser to get into it and see what's happening.
The telephony isn't switched on the Fritz so it may be there's no SIP ports open. I'll give that a go. If it doesn't work I shall have to get back to iDNet but since the Fritz router is not one they support I'm not hopeful. One advantage of a single supplier.
I don't know if iDNet supply the U-Boss settings so I could try using the FX port on the Fritz as that might be worth a go.
They did offer me a TP-Link router but I'm averse to them as there's too much chatter about poor security. OK it's the Internet, but El Reg was recently reporting a UK National Cyber Centre report on Russian hacking of routers with TP-Link being the only ones mentioned by name.
The telephony isn't switched on the Fritz so it may be there's no SIP ports open. I'll give that a go. If it doesn't work I shall have to get back to iDNet but since the Fritz router is not one they support I'm not hopeful. One advantage of a single supplier.
I don't know if iDNet supply the U-Boss settings so I could try using the FX port on the Fritz as that might be worth a go.
They did offer me a TP-Link router but I'm averse to them as there's too much chatter about poor security. OK it's the Internet, but El Reg was recently reporting a UK National Cyber Centre report on Russian hacking of routers with TP-Link being the only ones mentioned by name.
#52
IDNet Help / Re: Move to SoGEA & VoIP
Last post by Simon - Apr 11, 2026, 16:15:37I don't know how helpful this is but when I switched, the light was on the router saying the VoIP phone service was enabled before it actually went live. IDNet gave me a switchover date and it did indeed switch on that date at around 8am.
Did you get either the router and / or the ATA from IDNet? If so, then I believe they configure it from their end.
Did you get either the router and / or the ATA from IDNet? If so, then I believe they configure it from their end.
#53
IDNet Help / Move to SoGEA & VoIP
Last post by Tacitus - Apr 11, 2026, 15:21:47The big day arrived and I've moved to SoGEA and VoIP. The Broadband move was OK but the VoIP is something else.
I'm using a FritzBox 7530AX with a Gigaset N300 and decided it would be simpler to use this with a Grandstream ATA. At least the phones Gigaset - S700H Pro - will register with the base.
Set it all up. If I phone in, I get a msg "unavailable", phone out and the message is either silence, or sometimes caller on hold.
Can anyone offer any suggestions as to where I can go next? It's quite possible that it's not fully setup at iDNet's end, but at present I'm in the dark. The only other thing I can think of is that I need to do some port forwarding in the Fritz.
My sister moved to Zen for Broadband and voice. She purchased a single Fritz handset to go with the Zen supplied Fritzbox and the whole move including changing to full fibre was flawless.
I'm using a FritzBox 7530AX with a Gigaset N300 and decided it would be simpler to use this with a Grandstream ATA. At least the phones Gigaset - S700H Pro - will register with the base.
Set it all up. If I phone in, I get a msg "unavailable", phone out and the message is either silence, or sometimes caller on hold.
Can anyone offer any suggestions as to where I can go next? It's quite possible that it's not fully setup at iDNet's end, but at present I'm in the dark. The only other thing I can think of is that I need to do some port forwarding in the Fritz.
My sister moved to Zen for Broadband and voice. She purchased a single Fritz handset to go with the Zen supplied Fritzbox and the whole move including changing to full fibre was flawless.
#54
IDNet Help / Re: Upgrade query
Last post by Bill - Mar 10, 2026, 17:20:40I thought it would probably be easy, but I'm a newbie to this FTTP lark so thought I'd ask 
#55
IDNet Help / Re: Upgrade query
Last post by zappaDPJ - Mar 10, 2026, 16:49:00I've had a few service changes/upgrades and don't recall any interruptions although there's always the possibility I stepped away from the computer for a minute or two!
#56
IDNet Help / Re: Upgrade query
Last post by Bill - Mar 10, 2026, 14:00:33That's good enough for me, I don't count reboots 
Thanks.
Thanks.
#57
IDNet Help / Re: Upgrade query
Last post by Simon - Mar 10, 2026, 11:31:21I upgraded mine when the cost of my original service actually exceeded the cost of a faster connection. There was no interruption to service as far as I can recall, but I think I rebooted my router anyway, just for good measure.
#58
IDNet Help / Upgrade query
Last post by Bill - Mar 10, 2026, 10:50:55At the beginning of the year FTTP became available here*; I went with the Home Fibre 115 package as my 80/20 FTTC had always been plenty fast enough for my needs.
I still don't need anything faster, but having since cancelled the BT copper contract I've now got some spare cash to pay for a bit of bling in the form of some more impressive speed tests
Question- will a change of speed be more or less seamless or will there be any significant interruption to the service?
* FTTP from Gigaclear had been available a lot earlier, but with CGNAT and no IPv6 I didn't regard it as a "proper" internet connection
I still don't need anything faster, but having since cancelled the BT copper contract I've now got some spare cash to pay for a bit of bling in the form of some more impressive speed tests
Question- will a change of speed be more or less seamless or will there be any significant interruption to the service?
* FTTP from Gigaclear had been available a lot earlier, but with CGNAT and no IPv6 I didn't regard it as a "proper" internet connection
#59
Broadband, Internet & General Computer News & Discussion / Re: Reddit fined more than £14...
Last post by nowster - Feb 26, 2026, 10:36:49Quote from: zappaDPJ on Feb 25, 2026, 17:10:29They are definitely looking at it but I don't think they really understand the impact that could have. As an example it's possible Google could pull out of the UK and add us to its repressive county list which would damage our economy.As someone who uses a few VPNs for their original purpose (linking private networks) I'm concerned that a sledgehammer approach would break a lot of things.
I've never used the commercial "appear like you're in Outer Elbonia" ones. The "I don't trust this random WiFi network" reasons don't hold water as most traffic is already encrypted (thanks Let's Encrypt) and DNS tunnelling (over TLS or HTTPS) is mainstream.
Even our internet connections (if using OpenReach) are provided using a VPN-like technology (L2TP) although there is not usually any encryption involved in that.
WiFi calling relies on IPSec which is a VPN technology.
#60
Broadband, Internet & General Computer News & Discussion / Re: Reddit fined more than £14...
Last post by zappaDPJ - Feb 25, 2026, 17:10:29Quote from: nowster on Feb 25, 2026, 14:50:36...which are the next on the radar, I believe.
They are definitely looking at it but I don't think they really understand the impact that could have. As an example it's possible Google could pull out of the UK and add us to its repressive county list which would damage our economy.