Thank you so much, TheDiggler!!
You were right on the spot. It was due to the XML file not being formatted correctly with Notepad. I just created a new xml file, pasted the data in there and let the PAP2 grab it. Now my pap2 is unlocked
Thanks again for all your help, you really are a life safer!!

hi there,
congratulations for the great infos..

i have this problem,
my pap2 (3.1.9 LSc) asks and downloads the spa000000.xml but it doesnt download the sipura firmware from http server that i installed.

any ideas?
thanks in advance.


p.s; the sipura firm what namefile should have? i mean is this ok? pap2-bin-03-01-09-LSc.bin

Diggler,

thanks for your help. After a week of play around, I finally got my pap2's (3.1.8 and 3.1.9lsc)unlocked.

soublaki,

When i unlock my pap2's, i never it downloads sipura firmware on my tftp log. Are you using ICS with crossover cable? Are you using ISS? Follow diggler's post #326.

hi,
i have linksys pap2 with firmware 3.1.9. it is completely brand new sealed.
i followed the link up to:

. Disconnect from the Internet i.e. unplug your modem (avoids downloading cfg files)
3. Boot your PAP2 in your network (connect PAP2 to your router)
4. Type the IP address of the PAP2 adapter into your web browser to get to the configuration page (Dial "****" and then enter "110#" from a phone connected to the PAP2 if you need the IP address)
5. In SYSTEM, set a User password of 1234
6. Click the SAVE SETTINGS button.
7. Refresh the link (you login with user and 1234)
8. modify the link to show (http)
CODEhttp://192.168.1.5/upgrade?tftp://192.168.1.110/PAP2-SP2K.bin

ALL THIS TIME I DISCONNECTED FROM THE INTERNET.

but it asked me for admin password. while trying to upgrade and unlock . please help

I believe this instruction only work for firmware version older then 3.1.6. Since you have 3.1.9 follow diggler's post #326. If you have any more question let me know. I just spent a week trying to unlock 3.1.8 and 3.1.9. I used ICS and crossover cable.

thanks for your quick response man but how do i find diggler's post #326

how do i donload the xml file from vonage too can you give me the url

WHY can't i download the xml file from vonage by http://httpconfig.vonage.net/spa000F66FD3DF8.xml in the browser

Each page has 30 posts, so somewhere in page 11.


from dos prompt

tftp -i ls.tftp.vonage.net GET //spa000000000000.xml
replace 000000000 with your pap2 mac address.

thanks again . i really appreciate you help.
sorry for bothering you
i tried the tftp thing

tftp -i ls.tftp.vonage.net GET //spa000000000000.xml
replace 000000000 with your pap2 mac address.


but it says tftp/udp: unknown service

i have no problem getting your xml if you want it pm me.

thanks man really appreciate all your help in it. my mac address is edited. and you can mail me at edited

Edited personal information

AMS

Check your e-mail. I suggest you edit your post above to remove your MAC & e-mail addresses from public view. It's not smart to post either of these pieces in a public forum.

Diggler

I have read your posts. I am some kind of stuck. I am trying to unlock 3.1.9Lsc using the following methods.

- Solar winds tftp (one tftp server )

- ICS for DHCP

- IIS for spoofing
192.168.0.1 httpconfig.vonage.net
192.168.0.1 ls.tftp.vonage.net
192.168.0.1 vonage.net
- port forwarding 21,2400 to 69

after plugging in power to pap2 while using DHCP computer ( ICS, TFTP, DNS , Port fw )
TFTP log file shows :
- sent spa0000000000.xml to LinksysPAP.mshome.net (192.168.0.160), 363 bytes

After above line it shows that .
- Timeout error sending spa000000000000.xml from httpconfig.vonage.net (192.168.0.1), 0 bytes
Timeout error sending spa000000000000.xml from httpconfig.vonage.net (192.168.0.1), 0 bytes
Timeout error sending spa000000000000.xml from httpconfig.vonage.net (192.168.0.1), 0 bytes
Timeout error sending spa000000000000.xml from httpconfig.vonage.net (192.168.0.1), 0 bytes

I have read number of posts here but still cannot able to find out the problem.

IIS isn't used to spoof ls.tftp.vonage.net. It's only used for httpconfig.vonage.net. How did you forward ports 21,2400 to 69?



The log entries above don't really make sense if they're in the SolarWinds log file. 'httpconfig.vonage.net' is used for HTTP requests, not TFTP requests. Are you sure the log entires above are correct and are in fact part of the SolarWinds logfile?

There seems to be something deeper going on here that isn't yet clear. Will await your answers to the above.

Also, what are you using for DNS? The Windows 'hosts' file, a DNS server, or what?

Diggler

According to Log file above stated entries are true. This is the main problem in whole process making me sick.

Initially it says sent but in next line after few seconds changed to timeout.
While using packet capturing software i am also able to see that besides know requests to DNS now it is requesting a new entry that is time.vonage.net with with NTP, probably Network Time Protocol.
This change occur after providing spa000000000.xml, that i have got from vonage server.
I can see adapter packets requesting ls.tftp.vonage.net

I haven't seen any recommended changes to HOSTS file with time.vonage.net

I thought it would be a good place to share some idea's with other.

Any Ideas ............... ?

I have forwarded ports 21 and 2400 to 69. I have used STL PRT FORWARD software.

Or any other port forwarding method you want me to try for ?

If you're using ICS for DHCP, I assume you're using a crossover cable (or some variation thereof). I didn't need any port forwarding enabled for the crossover cable method. Try removing your port forwarding stuff from the picture and try again. Make sure you FACTORY RESET the adapter before repeating the whole process.

Diggler

Thanks .................

Okay, now i changed the method. Used the crossover cable. I have a question in mind that you asked me to do factory RESET. Factory Reset means enabling PAP2's DNS entries to its original ones.

Hosts file is populated with ICS (192.168.0.1) and pointing this IP to hhtpconfig and ls.tftp, after factory reset i am changing the PAP2ä's DNS entries to 192.168.0.1

Tell me about the DNS should i change them after factory reset or leave them with PAP2's original entries?

Yes, the FACTORY RESET will revert the PAP2 back to its original DNS entries, but it'll also cause the PAP2 to grab its INITIAL XML FILE again. If your adapter had previously loaded an INITIAL XML FILE, w/o factory resetting, it won't attempt to grab that file again.


There is no need to change the DNS entires in the PAP2 w/ the crossover cable method. The default DNS servers won't be found at which point the PAP2 will switch to DNS entries being supplied via DHCP. That's where the ICS connection's DNS entries (i.e. the Windows 'hosts' file) will take over.

So for the unlock process you're attempting, just FACTORY RESET the adapter and follow the steps in post 326. If done as listed, the TFTP server shouldn't get any requests for 'httpconfig.vonage.net,' but the HTTP server should.

Diggler

Thank you for such a informational reply.

while going through step by step with post 326, I am sure to say that i am stuck at step 7. Adapter doesn't show RED light even after 5 minutes.

Now at this point i have started analyzing packets captured in those 5 minutes. I can see that adapter is trying to get xml file from TFTP root and a directory (grabbed xml from two locations, TFTP Server Log file Confirms).

After grabbing xml file, adapter starts requesting ls.tftp.vonage.net first on port 21 and then if not successful then goes to port 2400 with the same ls.tftp.vonage.net.

If i will remove the port forwarding that was 21 and 2400 to 69

Here i am confused that tftp log file shows that (only when port is forwarded) timeout occur communicating with httpconfig.vonage.net. But packets captured clearly proves that basically request is for ls.tftp.vonage.net.

Is it possible that it is requesting the files from http via tftp right after grabbing xml file.

Any ideas, whats is this situation actually ?

hi
i have linksys pap2 with firmware 3.1.9 Lsc.

i used the Diggler's unlock process at post #326
http://www.bargainshare.com/index.php?show...9607&st=300


i have so far succeded until the step

"STEP 7: (Re-)Open WEB access and configure known USER & ADMIN pws"
10) Power cycled the SPA-mode PAP2. Waited a few minutes for it to boot up and make a TFTP request. It requested and received PLAIN-TEXT XML FILE: /random-vonage-GPP_D-directory/spa<MAC>.xml.

after that i cann0t access the web config using the ip address now and the power light is red now all the time. I can only access the config menu by the phone by disconnecting my ethernet cable from adapter. and it says its SIPURA NOW. please help, I need to access the webadmin

ADDITION TO MY PREVIOUS POST

I think my web interface for the device has been disabled after i upgraded to the sipura firmware. any way to go to the webinterface or enable it

Goto your hosts.ics file and look for the new ip address and access it from your web page and change provision to no.

Red light on is the good sign. It means that it took the "new firmware". Now you have to load the "old firmware (3.1.3) and you will be done.

Are you using ICS? If you do, you need to look in the hosts.ics file for the new sipura ip in there.

thanks man.

i did not see any ip for sipura in the "hosts.ics" file. but i did a ip scan and found that the device has an ip of 192.168.1.101. when i tried that ip it doesn't take me to the web interface at all.

hi am reposting my problem cause i wanted to be more specific about my problem..

i have a linksys pap2 with firmware 3.1.9 lsc.

i followed diggler's instruction from post #326 to un lock it.
everything worked fine and then the device grabbed the xmlfile from the directory too.

then the light started blinking red. i then tried to access my web interface for the device but i couldn't. all this time the power button was red. i could not even get to the IVR MENU. but i was able to get to the ivr menu as soon as i removed the ethernet cable from the adapter. it says "sipura" when i disconnect the cable and access the IVR menu "****".
i also tried doing a factory reset to enable the webinterface, but none of the factory reset password works. Now i cannot set the provisioning to off and upgrade it back to pap2 firmware cause i can't access the web menu at all. any suggestion would be greatly help full.

Anybody tried Linksys pap2 in Nigeria or other African country? My friend got a problem. He was using voipstunt. He could call US only, no other countries inluduing their local number. Somebody told me the betamax proxy doesn't work well in Africa. But he could call US. Anybody got same experience. Please help me. Thanks a lot.

Ok, this is a problem with your dial plan in the PAP2.. This must be reconfigured to allow for dialing to the country code. This is a very simple procedure. Just search PAP2 Dialplans on Google to learn how to change one. There is also a posibility that after you make this change your VOIP provider simply does not provide service calling to africa. I would make sure with them before you change your dial plan. If you have any other questions feel free to post them here or to PM me directly..

If you have firmware 2.0.9d on your pap2 and the power light is solid red, then there is hope I was in exactly the same boat. My pap2 also grabbed the xml file, but still I had no web access and the admin IVR menu options were passworded. The problem was actually the formatting of the xml file. I just deleted the old XML file I made and just created a new one. Try that and it might work!

can u send me the format that you used for the xml file

I have my pap2 ready to be unlocked i am just waiting for my Crossover Cable that i purchased on E-bay. I just had a question when i get to that point in the unlock process. what do you mean by delete the old file and create a new one? Thanks for your time.

i finally unlocked my pap2. I would like to thank everyone who spent their time and resources helping me. papaschlumpf, thaychuari, TheDiggler.

now i am trying to setup the pap2 with sipnumber.com setting

butit doesn't seem to register at all and can't reveive calls.

does anyone has any experience with it

hi,

i tried connecting to sipnumber and stanaphone but i get this message in my web interface

Registration State: Can't connect to login server

all the account details i have used is correct

Configure your hosts file (with the domain name 'time.vonage.net') as detailed in Post #407. Then enable Windows NTP server as explained in Post #137. This should cause your PAP2 to proceed a bit faster as it won't timeout during the NTP check (although it shouldn't have any practical impact on the unlock process overall).

Then you haven't read through every post in this thread.


Before the LED turns red, while the adapter is loading the new firmware, one of the blue LED's should flash rapidly for at least 5-10 seconds (perhaps longer). If you don't see this happening, the adapter isn't loading the replacement firmware (which is also why the LED doesn't turn RED).

Why is the adapter grabbing an XML file from TWO locations? You should only have your PRIMARY XML file staged in the TFTP ROOT at this point in time. You should NOT have your PLAIN TEXT XML FILE staged in the "randomly named" directory at this stage.

So long as it gets the PRIMARY XML FILE from your TFTP root, all subsequent TFTP requests can and should be allowed to FAIL.

Like I said before, remove the port forwarding. You've already confirmed that your adapter grabs its XML file from the TFTP server @ port 69.

If you remove port forwarding, then this doesn't happen. As for why it's showing 'httpconfig.vonage.net,' perhaps that's the "most current" domain name belonging to that IP address in your hosts file. To test this theory out, open up a command prompt and type:
ping -a 192.168.0.1

If the ping response shows a domain name, and if that domain name is 'httpconfig.vonage.net,' that's what your PC is considering the primary domain name for 192.168.0.1. How can you change this? Re-arrange the order in which you've defined domain names in your hosts file.

If the unlock process works as it's intended to, the adapter should be making an HTTP REQUEST (i.e. TCP/IP port 80) to httpconfig.vonage.net, not a TFTP request (i.e. UDP to port 69, 21, or 2400).

Hopefully some of the above helps determine what's going on.

Diggler

I'm not familiar w/ SipNumber, but I've had no issues configuring Stanaphone on my adapter. If you post a screen shot of your LINE1 (or LINE2) page w/ your Stanaphone settings, that'll help us figure out what (if anything) you're doing wrong. When creating your screen shot, you should CUT (from the image) any personally identifiable info (such as your Stana #); however, be sure and state whether you're using your "internal" Stana # or a Stana selected "real" phone number.

Diggler

Thank you every one.

After reading your instructions i have an other information that might be helpful for others.

when adapter grabes the encrypted xml file, which doesn't allow web interface. For this i have got an information that is the password that should be 7756112. I hope it would be helpful for others.

Ok after allowing adapter to grab the new xml file (which i have got from vonage server), it is no longer making http requests or ant TCP. Here is a sequence......

1 - Grabbed xml file from TFTP root. /spa000000000.xml
2 - Trying to grab again xml file from /Tl2FZm7m2M/spa000000000.xml
2 - Requesting time.vonage.net
3 - Request to ls.tftp.vonage.net at port 21. ( 4 times )
4 - Request to ls.tftp.vonage.net at port 2400. ( 4 times )
5 - Request to sip@600.ccivr.vonage.net ( looks like tyeing to register, but to whom)

I hope these 5 requests will make a clear map of what is going on ............

What is it exactly? help me out.

For those (after grabing xml file) who are stuck to enable web interface can reset again (works in my case)

- remove the Ethernet cable power up adapter and go to IVR mode by ****
- press 73738#
- when prompted for password provide/press 7756112# (works in my case) or 8995523#
- when asks for confirm press 1

Quddus

At some point after STEP #1, if the adapter has never been connected to the internet, it should be making an HTTP request to grab the new firmware file. If it's not doing that, the adapter has either been connected to the internet or has been SUCCESSFULY LOADED with a replacement firmware file in your localized environment (even if that file was the REAL PAP2 3.1.9 firmware file). If that has happened, your adapter is probably unlockable at this point. If you're certain that it has NOT loaded any firmware, and if you're certain that is has NEVER been connected LIVE to the internet, keep trying the unlock process. It should make an HTTP request at some point to grab the firmware file. (It may attempt it after STEP #5). BTW, you failed to clarify above whether you've kept port forwarding enabled.

The above is simply FACTORY RESETTING the adapter, and as has been discussed in great length in this thread, FACTORY RESETTING the adapter will re-enable the device's web-interface (although the device will be locked to Vonage FACTORY DEFAULT settings). The password of "7756112" happens to work for YOUR ADAPTER because YOUR VONAGE CONFIG FILE is coded w/ that USER PASSWORD. There are 5 known/common USER PASSWORDS, so others may need to use a different password.

Diggler

Hi .. i would like to try to unlock my adapter using a router. I have tried to set everything up to imitate a HUB. I have disabled DHCP on the router and enabled internet connection sharing and also configured the Windows Hosts File. My Tftp and Http servers are fuctioning fine. But when i try to acces my html (or tftp) using a browser on another computer on my network using httpconfig.vo... it doesn't not connect at all but then when i type the IP of the computer where the internet connection sharing is and the http server is (192.168.0.1) it connects fine... so i'm trying to figure out what i'm doing wrong here.. Any Suggestions? Thanks to everyone for thier time.

Hi Diggler,
thanks for responding. i am using the internal stanaphone number for it. Also my dns for the adapter is 192.168.1.100 which is my pc. do i have to change it?

here is the link to stanaphone line 2

http://alinksi.com/stana/stana.jpg

here is also the picture to info page where the registration status is "can't register.

http://alinksi.com/stana/info.jpg

thanks

1) Is the 2nd computer on your network using DHCP and being assigned a 192.168.0.xxx IP address by the Primary PC (i.e. the ICS PC)? If not (i.e. if you've configured it to use STATIC IP settings), switch it to DHCP.

2) On the 2nd computer, open up a Command Prompt and PING the various domain names configured on the ICS PC:

ping ls.tftp.vonage.net
ping httpconfig.vonage.net

If the pings above fail, try those same ping tests on the ICS PC itself. If they fail there too, the hosts file isn't configured correctly on the ICS PC. If the ping tests above succeed on both PC's, then try your HTTP and TFTP requests again from the 2nd PC. They should succeed.

3) Which HTTP and TFTP servers are you using?

Diggler

If your PC is your DNS server, that begs a few more questions:
1) Is your PAP2 configured to use DHCP or has it been assigned a STATIC IP?
2) If it's using DHCP, what's the DHCP server your PAP2 is connecting to?
3) If it's using a STATIC IP, then it needs to have the correct DNS server programmed in (which in this case is your PC).
Just curious... why are you using a PC as your DNS Server?

In light of the first part above, it may help to have screen shots of the "System" and "SIP" tabs too. Before doing that, ensure you've done the following:

1) On the PAP2's LINE2 tab, where the Subscriber Information gets configured, the PASSWORD you need to use is the SIP PW supplied by Stanaphone. It is NOT the same password as your Stanaphone.com WEB USER ACCOUNT which you selected when you signed up for Stanaphone. To get your Stanaphone SIP PW:

i) Log into Stanaphone.com
ii) Click on "Account Information"
iii) Scroll down to the bottom where it lists your SIP Configuration
iv) Your SIP PW will be in there

Chances are, if you've been using your WEB USER ACCOUNT's password, switching to the Stanaphone SIP PW will likely resolve your issue.

2) On the PAP2's SIP tab, if you haven't yet configured a STUN server, you should do so now:

i) Login to the PAP2 as 'admin' and switch to ADVANCED MODE
ii) Navigate to the SIP tab
iii) At the bottom configure "STUN Enable" to "yes"
iv) For "STUN Server," use any public STUN server. A bunch are listed here:

QUOTE
• stun.fwdnet.net
• stun.fwd.org (no DNS SRV record)
• stun01.sipphone.com (no DNS SRV record)
• stun.softjoys.com (no DNS SRV record)
• stun.voipbuster.com (no DNS SRV record)
• stun.voxgratia.org (no DNS SRV record)
• stun.xten.com
• stunserver.org

Diggler

its using static ip. The reason i mentioned about the dns server is, when i removed the vonage's DNS IP i added my local address there instead. am i supposed to leave it blank?

I am using "stun.freedigits.net" as the stun server. Also i used the password from stanaphone's account information page.

here is the link to the system picture of my pap2

http://alinksi.com/stana/system.jpg


here is th link to the sip page

http://alinksi.com/stana/system.jpg


Thanks

Hi Diggler.. I got all the DNS working but now i used a browser to connect everything is fine. So to test further i open VuckFonage on the other computer and tried to download the encrypted XLM from my TFTP on the orriginal Computer. I am recieving a Socket Error and on the TFTP log it shows that it is being sent but then it says that it timed out. Thanks for your time.

CORRECTION :::::::::

THE link to the sip page is
http://alinksi.com/stana/sip.jpg

Since you're assigning your adapter a STATIC IP, you need to assign it a DNS Server to use. Otherwise it won't be able to resolve domain names. You said in your previous post that your DNS server is a PC @ 192.168.1.100. Why, then, have you configured the PAP2's "Gateway" to be 192.168.1.1? If the PC is the internet gateway on your network, it sounds like you need to configure both the "Gateway" and "Primary DNS" (in the PAP2) to be 192.168.1.100.

Ok, that's good.

You typed the wrong link for the SIP page, but based on your naming convention I figured out the correct URL. The only suggestion I'd make in there, from a privacy standpoint, is to remove the text "$MAU" from your "SIP User Agent Name" and "SIP Server Name" settings. $MAU transmits your adapter's MAC ADDRESS. There is no need for you to send that info out (although doing so should have no impact on your ability to register w/ Stanaphone).

Are you running a firewall on the ICS PC and/or PC #2? If so, disable it on both machines. The firewall on the ICS PC could prevent outbound communication. The firewall on PC #2 could be blocking VuckFonage from receiving data. Additionally there have been several posts in this thread about VuckFonage not working on internal/LAN IP addresses. Thus, after you've disabled all firewalls, from PC #2 try doing a command-line TFTP GET. Open up a command prompt on PC #2 and type:
tftp -i 192.168.0.1 GET spa000000000000.xml
but replace spa000000000000.xml with the correct filename. If the TFTP above succeeds, your TFTP server is operating correctly on 192.168.0.1.

Diggler

I am using a link sys router for my pc and adapter. the router's lan ip is 192.168.1.1.
Thats whyi have configured the gateway in my adapter to be 192.168.1.1

does that make a difference?

CORRECTION :::::::::

THE link to the sip page is
http://alinksi.com/stana/sip.jpg

Perhaps. I guess this goes back to one of my prior questions, which I previously asked "out of curiosity" but am now asking point blank to try and figure out your setup. Why are you using your PC @ 192.168.1.100 as your DNS Server instead of your router @ 192.168.1.1? While you're at it, please describe in as much detail as you can your complete network setup. Please mention what kind of broadband internet access you have (i.e. cable modem, dsl, fios, etc.), where the broadband device connects to your network (i.e. presumably the router's WAN port), and where the PAP2 and other PCs connect to the network.

Diggler

thanks Diggler.

ok here is the scenario:

- i have a cable broadband from insight communications.
- i have a RCA modem which is connected to a linksys router.
- my PC and the adapter are connected to the router(which has the global ip). and the internal lan ip of the router is 192.168.1.1.
- the cable from the modem is connected to was port on the router and the pc and the adapter are connected to port 1 and 2
- my pc has an ip 192.168.1.100 and the adapter has an ip 192.168.1.101.
- i can't even see the blue light blinking for phone ports although its connected to phone and i can get to IVR.

the reason i was using my pc and not the router for dns server because during the unlock process i had put the dns to be 192.168.1.100 so as to opetate the DNS Plus software.


but here is the thing, i used a sip software "XTEN" with my freedigits number and i can receive calls with no problem at all in my computer.

i also have used vonage earlier but it works fine too.

just can't figure why it gives me this message
" Registration State: Can't connect to login server "