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CAD Workstations connected through VoIP Phones - Throughput/QoS Concerns and Questions
Hello - Work for a small company and we're opening a new/second office. Long story short - without the politics - I'm being brought in to spin up the network in the new location after someone else already started to piece one together who has limited to no networking background/knowledge.
5-6 Polycom VVX300s phones. The person who started wants to use the PC port on the phones for the user's computers. For 'regular' web/email/office functions I don't have an issue with this - but my concern comes to the user workstations running AutoCAD and 3D modeling files (StudioMax/vRay/Lumion) over the network from the file server.
I have great data network experience, but limited experience with integrating VoIP. How do these play together in the real world? I was planning on using a managed switch with Vlan to segregate the network traffic and also use the switches QoS features.
Just need some input before I plug things in and leave to avoid complaints after I've been gone for a few days.
5-6 Polycom VVX300s phones. The person who started wants to use the PC port on the phones for the user's computers. For 'regular' web/email/office functions I don't have an issue with this - but my concern comes to the user workstations running AutoCAD and 3D modeling files (StudioMax/vRay/Lumion) over the network from the file server.
I have great data network experience, but limited experience with integrating VoIP. How do these play together in the real world? I was planning on using a managed switch with Vlan to segregate the network traffic and also use the switches QoS features.
Just need some input before I plug things in and leave to avoid complaints after I've been gone for a few days.
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My pleasure.
To answer your question: yes it would. If the switch has no option to configure a voice VLAN, everything will go over the VLAN configured on the switchport. Needless to say that isn't an ideal situation.
To answer your question: yes it would. If the switch has no option to configure a voice VLAN, everything will go over the VLAN configured on the switchport. Needless to say that isn't an ideal situation.
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The whole network is 1Gb, so I'll run a 2nd drop to each workstation, no issue. I just didn't want to make-work due to my lack of knowledge.
One follow-up question based on your response - i follow your overall logic about VLANs - but if I'm assigning VLANs by port on the switch, and if there's a PC behind the phone, wouldn't that PC traffic get rolled in with the voice VLAN since they both home run to that port on the switch?