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david_ba
Aspirant
May 15, 2017

QoS for VOIP on FVS336Gv2|PROSAFE DUAL WAN GIGABIT firewall

Hello,

 

Would anyone be able to advise on setting up QoS for VOIP phones on the firewall?

 

On the firewall, I see there is a QoS section under Network configuration -> QoS.

There are predefined service types for SIP-TCP and SIP-UDP but I don't seem to be able to confirm if they are the proper ports (5060).

Also, I see no ports for RTP although not sure if these are of concerne and can probably be added in manually as a mual service,

 

In Qos type I get to choose between priority and rate control. Am not really familiar with rate control, my real concerne is really just prioritazing the VOIP traffic as top priority. If I select priority, most of the field get greyed out and I am left with choosing a Diffserv QoS Match (which indicates values DSCP 0 - 63), Diffserv QoS Remark (same values of  DSCP 0 - 63) and priority (only choices of high and low, so high obviously). Also when I have chosen the type as priority, I can only pick inbound or outbound traffic for the service, not both. 

Does that mean that I have to create 2 entries for each service? (2 for SIP-TCP (inbound and outbound) and same with SIP-UDP)?

 

In another area - Security-> Firewall, I see there is an options to assign a QoS profile to the rules.There only seems to be an option that says "High" (or "None"). 

I am also not certain if one needs to enable QoS in the area mentoned before (Network configuration -> QoS) at all or if QoS High riority can just be set up on individual rules.

 

Would be great if someone could shed some light into this.

 

Much appreciated

 

3 Replies

  • DaneA's avatar
    DaneA
    NETGEAR Employee Retired

    Hi david_ba,

     

    Let me share the links below that I found online and use it as reference on how to configure QoS for VoIP on your FVS336Gv2:

     

    How to configure QoS for VOIP on Netgear FVS338 router

     

    HOW TO CONFIGURE VOIP QOS ON A NETGEAR PROSAFE SRX5308

     

    Furthermore, I found this old manual online and this might help as reference guide in the design of implementing VoIP phones in your network:

     

    NETGEAR - Avaya QE Design Guide

     

    Hope it helps. :) 

     

     

    Regards,

     

    DaneA

    NETGEAR Community Team

    • DaneA's avatar
      DaneA
      NETGEAR Employee Retired

      david_ba,

       

      I just want to follow-up on this.  Were you able to access the links I've shared to you?  

       

       

      Regards,

       

      DaneA

      NETGEAR Community team

    • david_ba's avatar
      david_ba
      Aspirant

      Thanks DaneA,

       

      Didn't really get to look at them yet but look like relevant links.

       

      I had a spare firewall (also Netgear) lying around and swapping that seems to have resolved all the issues.

       

      Dave

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