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altis · 24-04-2006, 13:30

I was planning on getting a new switch with PoE - way to go. I'd assumed that using PoE phones with twin ports would be a piece of cake.

Currently, their LAN reaches the outside world through a Netgear FWG114P NAT router. I'm assuming that I can configure its inbound rules to allow VoIP but ,as far as I'm aware, it doesn't have any QoS support. This may be a problem. I could use the Linux box as the router instead but it will also need to support VPN to a couple of another FWG114Ps - more things to configure and go wrong!

I hadn't thought before about having a phone outside the LAN. Since their sales director lives up in Scotland this might be a neat idea too. But let's not run before we can walk.

24-04-2006, 13:30	#6
altis Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Warrington ntl:81304 Altitude: 12m (and falling) Posts: 4,499	Re: Anyone use a VoIP PBX? I was planning on getting a new switch with PoE - way to go. I'd assumed that using PoE phones with twin ports would be a piece of cake. Currently, their LAN reaches the outside world through a Netgear FWG114P NAT router. I'm assuming that I can configure its inbound rules to allow VoIP but ,as far as I'm aware, it doesn't have any QoS support. This may be a problem. I could use the Linux box as the router instead but it will also need to support VPN to a couple of another FWG114Ps - more things to configure and go wrong! I hadn't thought before about having a phone outside the LAN. Since their sales director lives up in Scotland this might be a neat idea too. But let's not run before we can walk.