VONAGE DLINK VTA-VR unlock voip: HACK D-LINK VTA-VR

Showing posts with label HACK D-LINK VTA-VR. Show all posts

Unlocking Vonage DLINK VTA-VR

A while back (2006, most likely), I purchased several D-link Vonage locked ATAs, with the intention to try VOIP. They were cheap ($9.99) and figured that if I find that I do not like Vonage, I will unlock them somehow and use them with another provider. Though I have decided that I do not like Vonage, I was unable to unlock and abandoned the project. Now that I have a working VOIP setup, I decided to give unlocking one more try.

Setting up Vonage D-Link VTA-VR

This guide will help you setup your D-Link Broadband Telephone Adapter
(VTA-VR) from Vonage using Smart Bro connection. This guide also works
on any service provider in North America (VTA-VR) and Canada (VTA-CV).

Requirements

Vonage D-Link VTA-VR - 1 internet/WAN port (rj45), 2 telephone ports
(rj11)
Router with Enabled DHCP (Linksys WRT54GC, Mikrotik RouterOS, Linksys
WRT54G,all D-Link routers etc.)
Touchtone telephone (cord or cordless)

Vonage D-Link VTA-VR Setup Diagram

Connecting Vonage D-Link VTA-VR to the Network

1. Plug in the touchtone telephone to Vonage D-Link VTA-VR’s telephone
port 2

2. Plug in the Vonage D-Link VTA-VR to any of the vacant ports of your
Router with Enabled DHCP

3. Turn on the Vonage D-Link VTA-VR.

4. Once initialized, all LEDs should light up. Pick up the phone and
you should be able to get a dial tone.

You cannot connect Vonage D-Link VTA-VR directly to a smart bro
connection due to device provisioning problem, but there is a workaround
for this, MAC cloning.

Unlocking the Vonage DLINK VTA-VR firmware 1.00.09

Unlocking the Vonage DLINK VTA-VR firmware 1.00.09

So, Vonage charged me a $50 disconnection fee because apparently i was on a ’2 year’ contract.