23/03/2020
Is Your Network Ready?
Making sure your internet service can handle your VoIP traffic is one thing, strong attention is required towards your local area network (LAN) to make sure it can cope with the workload and additional traffic VoIP Phone Systems demand. Dumping VoIP traffic onto your network together with your normal data traffic makes for a traffic jam or loads of data packets bumping into each other.
Imagine your CRM and accounting application coupled with those 50 gigabytes just uploaded to cloud storage all contesting for space.
You see VoIP traffic is much more susceptible to other network traffic and congestion than most general office traffic. Potholes, traffic jams and speed bumps cause many issues for VoIP traffic where the call quality breaks and cuts out.
Phone Systems Brisbane IP Telephony Technicians have decades of experience in building data networks to share voice and other traffic. This skillset is not so common, even in the IT world. It’s crucial that your network is built to withstand the rigors of sensitive voice traffic, making sure you have trouble free experience with your VoIP Phone System.
Some of the areas we specialise in are.
• Using QoS: Quality of Service is the term used for keeping different data traffic away from each other, so everything runs smoothly. QoS selects specific traffic on your LAN ensuring that certain data streams (VoIP) have number 1 priority along with enough bandwidth for call quantities required.
• Using different Codecs: Codecs is to compress data to enable faster data transmission. Depending on the network traffic will depend on which codec is ultimately used.
• VLAN’s: VLAN’s partition the network into segments, which allows better separation of data streams. Similar to a high-rise building, where additional floors share the same foundations but do not interfere with other floors.