Hypothetical VOIP question

[dabench]

I have a hypothetical VOIP question. Suppose my neighbor has a wireless connection and VOIP telephone service. If I connected to their network with an AP and plugged in a VOIP enabled router could I receive their phone calls?

I have no intetions of doing this. A friend is having problems with their phone calls going to their neighbor who is connecting to their network.

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: dabench
I have a hypothetical VOIP question. Suppose my neighbor has a wireless connection and VOIP telephone service. If I connected to their network with an AP and plugged in a VOIP enabled router could I receive their phone calls?

I have no intetions of doing this. A friend is having problems with their phone calls going to their neighbor who is connecting to their network.

Perhaps this "hypothetical" thread should be in the networking forum dabench?

 

[waggy]

wasn't this just locked?

 

[dabench]

Why would this thread be locked?

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: dabench
Why would this thread be locked?

It shouldn't, but it will be moved dabench IMO:

10) Post in the right forum. Topics posted where they don't belong will be moved.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: dabench
Why would this thread be locked?

Mainly because asking how to steal service from another is illegal? Tell you "neighbor" to google "securing wireless network"

 

[drebo]

Originally posted by: dabench
I have a hypothetical VOIP question. Suppose my neighbor has a wireless connection and VOIP telephone service. If I connected to their network with an AP and plugged in a VOIP enabled router could I receive their phone calls?

I have no intetions of doing this. A friend is having problems with their phone calls going to their neighbor who is connecting to their network.

To answer your question: no.

VOIP service does not work based on your IP address. Most of the time, it's SIP based, which has a registration which tells the server who you are. It could be somewhat unpredictable depending on what kind of router your neighbor has, though. SIP can be finnicky when used through NAT if it's not properly configured. That's why they usually install the ATA in front of the router.

 

[doan]

Originally posted by: dabench
If I connected to their network with an AP and plugged in a VOIP enabled router could I receive their phone calls?

Normally no, their calls are tied to the MAC address of their VOIP device. Any where they take their VOIP device, they will revice their calls.