Vumatel CPE - LAN ports

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From what I have seen, the Vumatel CPE has 8 LAN ports, but you have to plug in a WAN router for your home network.

So are the other ports usable for anything?
 
There are 3 vlans on it. Voice, data and video. Not sure which ports are on what vlans though
 
From reading up on the device, this seems to be a managed switch.

Is there a reason why it cannot act as a DHCP server and provide devices with an IP address and internet access when directly plugging them in?

Alternatively, if the CPE is connected to a router/modem which acts as the DHCP server, is there a reason the router/modem cannot assign IP addresses to devices plugged into the CPE?
 
Yes so the CPE is just a layer 2 switch, so it cant do your layer3/routing which is why you need a router on top of it. The multiple ports are there for other services later on from my understanding, IP TV, VOIP etc. From a layer 2 perspective.
 
DERoestorf said:
No username or password for me either, from what I remember. I just signed up, and about 15 minutes it was working.
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Yup
They note a mac address on the vlan (your router) and then do a DHCP lease to it directly.
 
PBCool said:
Yes so the CPE is just a layer 2 switch, so it cant do your layer3/routing which is why you need a router on top of it. The multiple ports are there for other services later on from my understanding, IP TV, VOIP etc. From a layer 2 perspective.
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Sorry would the VOIP Base sold by Cool Ideas plug into the CPE or router/additional switch?
 
Saber said:
Sorry would the VOIP Base sold by Cool Ideas plug into the CPE or router/additional switch?
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@Saber, it would plug into the router as it doesnt need/use another public IP address to work.
 
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