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In addition to the 100/1G issue there is another one. &nbsp;With the few types of VoIP phones I've used, when you reboot the phone, the internal switch goes down and the computer loses connectivity. &nbsp;It comes back a minute or so when the phone is back up, but some software isn't very forgiving about losing a connection.<br />
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It can be easy to avoid the problem when you know that the phone will reboot. &nbsp;You have to be careful that phone maintenance doesn't cause an unplanned reboot.<br />
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From my experience, separate VLANs may be a good idea, but certainly not necessary. &nbsp;I've had VoIP phones on a network without VLANs and had no serious issues related to that.
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We are looking at moving from an in house phone system to a cloud based VOIP system. The issue is we only have one Ethernet jack at each workstation. &nbsp;I have heard that it is not a good idea to connect the ip phone to the jack and then connect the workstation/laptop to the ip phone's Ethernet jack. &nbsp;Does anyone have any experience with this? &nbsp;Does it work or does it slow down the workstation, cause connectivity issues, etc.? &nbsp;Any comments are appreciated.<br />
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cja
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We are looking at moving from an in house phone system to a cloud based VOIP system. The issue is we only have one Ethernet jack at each workstation.  I have heard that it is not a good idea to connect the ip phone to the jack and then connect the workstation/laptop to the ip phone's Ethernet jack.  Does anyone have any experience with this?  Does it work or does it slow down the workstation, cause connectivity issues, etc.?  Any comments are appreciated.


Thanks,
cja

Sharing Ethernet jack with IP Phones

Voice over IP (VoIP) is a methodology and group of technologies for the delivery of voice communications and multimedia sessions over Internet Protocol (IP) networks, such as the Internet. Other terms commonly associated with VoIP are IP telephony, Internet telephony, broadband telephony, and broadband phone service. The term specifically refers to the provisioning of communications services (voice, fax, SMS, voice-messaging) over the public Internet, rather than via the public switched telephone network (PSTN).  Examples of the VoIP protocols are H.323, Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP), Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), H.248 (also known as Media Gateway Control (Megaco)), Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP), Real-time Transport Control Protocol (RTCP), Secure Real-time Transport Protocol (SRTP), Session Description Protocol (SDP), and Inter-Asterisk eXchange (IAX).