VOIP Remote site recommendation?
So, we have a small office an hour away from main.
Avaya IP 500 VOIP phone system at main office only.
Both sites have AD(GC at each) and integrated DNS servers
Site has non-guaranteed business Comcast cable.
HW WG firewall tunnel between both locs.
QOS or COS doesn't seem to do the trick with drop, latency, jitter, etc...
Inter office dialing is great but if not then okay, too. Preferred though.
What are some alternative options to get VOIP phones working, approximately 5 at small remote office?
For example hosted VOIP phones?
Thank you.
Avaya IP 500 VOIP phone system at main office only.
Both sites have AD(GC at each) and integrated DNS servers
Site has non-guaranteed business Comcast cable.
HW WG firewall tunnel between both locs.
QOS or COS doesn't seem to do the trick with drop, latency, jitter, etc...
Inter office dialing is great but if not then okay, too. Preferred though.
What are some alternative options to get VOIP phones working, approximately 5 at small remote office?
For example hosted VOIP phones?
Thank you.
Michael Hughett
How much bandwidth do you have to the remote site?
Have you verified that your packets are staying tagged for QoS over the tunnel?
Also, do you have the QoS as some type of policy based rule in the firewall?
Also, do you have the QoS as some type of policy based rule in the firewall?
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20mb,
QoS is based on fw rules and traffic pattern. VOICE taking priority over BOVPN tunnel, but regardless we know that those tags are ignored once out over the Internet.
QoS is based on fw rules and traffic pattern. VOICE taking priority over BOVPN tunnel, but regardless we know that those tags are ignored once out over the Internet.
True, but even in my organization we tag QoS on VoIP internally, and don't have call quality issues through an IPSec VPN. So yes it may be ignored over the internet, but that is probably not the cause of the call quality issues. Also, our traffic is immediately retagged for DSCP as it passes through each firewall.
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Yes, true and makes sense...
I guess I need to spend the time looking at the router, QoS tagging, etc...
Really, though, I would like an alternative hosted solution or other that would provide this loc with phones some other way that would work with AVAYA IP 500 at main loc or solo(no inter office dialing).
Thank you
I guess I need to spend the time looking at the router, QoS tagging, etc...
Really, though, I would like an alternative hosted solution or other that would provide this loc with phones some other way that would work with AVAYA IP 500 at main loc or solo(no inter office dialing).
Thank you
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I would look at a baby Avaya, I am sure they have a remote shelf or something and local terminations for the lines, are you wanting a single system to service both locations?
As for QoS / CoS,they will have little impact if you are not saturating the connection, plus no impact over the internet sense they do not honor the tags.
As for an alternative, I vote cisco voice router, some phones, you could then do sip trunk between the two and dial plans.
As for QoS / CoS,they will have little impact if you are not saturating the connection, plus no impact over the internet sense they do not honor the tags.
As for an alternative, I vote cisco voice router, some phones, you could then do sip trunk between the two and dial plans.
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Bryant can you expand on some models/specifics when you say "baby Avaya" and "cisco voice router" to look at?
Ideally if could get call quality to work and calls to not be choppy when you're talking to them or calling in from outside, with just the main loc ip 500 and their phones traffic being routed over the VPN tunnel that would be great, but that is not what we're able to do so far. So looking into just taking them off the main office phone system and giving them their own whatever is fine if it will just the customers to call in without complaint of horrible phone quality. Thank you.
Ideally if could get call quality to work and calls to not be choppy when you're talking to them or calling in from outside, with just the main loc ip 500 and their phones traffic being routed over the VPN tunnel that would be great, but that is not what we're able to do so far. So looking into just taking them off the main office phone system and giving them their own whatever is fine if it will just the customers to call in without complaint of horrible phone quality. Thank you.
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again, this is a small tiny office with need for four to five phones now and growth at most seven if ever. Thank you.
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