Re: VOIP

[David Gibbs <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jones, John (US) wrote:
> True.  I was kinda wondering why everyone was talking about putting it
> behind the router when it's not necessary.  Seems like you'd just be
> inducing another layer of latency, albeit minimal, into the connection.
> Latency is one of VOIP's enemies. 

Personally, I prefer to have all my network devices behind the firewall
for security purposes.

Additionally, the voice terminal adapter's job is not to be a router or
firewall, so it's capabilities in that respect are going to be fairly
weak.

Although I never used that particular configuration (voice terminal
adapter between dsl modem & router), I've been told that it's a fairly
twitchy setup ... prone to frequent failure.

david