Linking a switch and a router
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janesmith1950 said:
On that note...
If I need to get one, can anyone recommend a router (preferably one where I can disable SIP ALG) suitable to work with voice and data traffic?
I think you'll be stuck with the router provided by Virgin. If they're IP phones...all the traffic is 'data'.If I need to get one, can anyone recommend a router (preferably one where I can disable SIP ALG) suitable to work with voice and data traffic?
Your switch is likely a bit overkill for what your trying to do here, however if you had configured ports appropriately you could have hung PCs or Laptops directly off the IPT handsets.
Tag the voice and untag the data, 6 cables required then instead of 12.
Also for future reference might be worth looking at HP Enterprise as you get life time warranty and software updates for free.
Tag the voice and untag the data, 6 cables required then instead of 12.
Also for future reference might be worth looking at HP Enterprise as you get life time warranty and software updates for free.
If you are only reletivly IT literate then you really should have involved a local IT company from the very beginning. A lot can go wrong if you don't know what you are doing or you could leave yourself wide open to cyber attack (it really does happen).
I work in IT but I don't give out advice for free. A lot of small IT companies are going out of business because some "Relativly IT literate" staff are trying to take on the IT themselves and it always ends in the same way. Massive overspend on a system that isn't fit for purpose and then a disaster that wasn't planned for destroys the infrastructure.
I work in IT but I don't give out advice for free. A lot of small IT companies are going out of business because some "Relativly IT literate" staff are trying to take on the IT themselves and it always ends in the same way. Massive overspend on a system that isn't fit for purpose and then a disaster that wasn't planned for destroys the infrastructure.
I would set the Virgin router to modem only mode, so it just acts as a wan interface,then get yourself something like a Draytek 2860 router.
The ones I have used recently come with sip alg disabled. The QOS works well, they also have a feature that will automatically give VOIP priority which I never had an issue with over multiple installations.
The ones I have used recently come with sip alg disabled. The QOS works well, they also have a feature that will automatically give VOIP priority which I never had an issue with over multiple installations.
janesmith1950 said:
All working beautifully, thank you peeps.
Got a pro coming out next week to optimise. Will get it in writing he's a full pro, not a semi literate one
I wouldn't let the doomsters bother you. They're just disappointed at what you've managed to achieve without "proper IT help" Got a pro coming out next week to optimise. Will get it in writing he's a full pro, not a semi literate one
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