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GS208 with VoIP
Hi,
I use a couple of GS208 (v2) switches on a Nighthawk R6000, in turn connected via the providers hub (bricked to MODEM mode only). Internally, my network is all Gigabit cabled, externally the service is a 250mbps FTTC.
My broadband/Telephony provider is about to switch all subscribers to VoIP and is issuing an adapter (i.e. gateway) to connect existing analogue/DECT phones to the network. However, my master phone location is some distance from my router on the other side of the building and one floor down from it. I would prefer to keep the master phone where it is.
The question I have is whether the GS208 has a QOS capable of supporting and prioritising VoIP services, or whether I should upgrade to a switch designed to handle VoIP.
At the same time, can the R6000 handle VoIP with the necessary QOS, or do I need to upgrade my router as well?
In neither manual can I find anything about VoIP, so my working assumption is that they are not capable and I will need to initally try it out, and if quality is poor, then upgrades will be necessary.
Any assistance or advice would be gratefully received.
schumaku there actually was an R6000. Very limited release and had the exact same specs as the R6100. I couldn't even find anything about it on netgears support site anymore. So not sure if it was rolled into the R6100 support info or what happened there.
http://en.techinfodepot.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Netgear_R6000
Shovelsr I'd try it before trying to adjust anything. The R6*** series or routers weren't recommend to use qos settings at speeds 250mbps+. So I'd try it first. If it has issues, then I'd try its QoS.
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What difference should it make deploying VoIP-aware switches if you have no VLAN-aware infrastructure, no routers taking any advantages if the VoIP traffic is pushed through a different internal queue and all the frames are going into the very same flat L2 network?
The GS208 is a pretty simple unmanaged switch so there isn't any settings/qos to manipulate.
And the R6000 was a super basic AC router with only 100mbps ports. So if you have 250mbps speeds, you'd need to upgrade your router to realize your speeds.
VOIP doesn't take a bunch of bandwidth. If you have 250mbps, you probably won't need any qos/prioritization unless you move a ton of data at a time.
Sorry, I should have said R6000 series router. Its actually a 6800 with Gigabit Ethernet, and I get the full 250Mbps at my devices.
The question was really aimed at figuring whether the switch (and router) can manage VoIP with a decent quality - I know its unmanaged, but I cannot figure out if there is any prioritisation of voice within my network. I use some fairly bandwidth intensive applications on a couple of servers, and don't really want this traffic interfering with the quality of my telephony, which I need for various reasons.
Thanks for the comments so far.
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