Re: VOIP -- PCTECH

Well, I wouldn't ask the device to be a firewall or router, just to do
it's job: intercept VOIP traffic and pass along everything else.  OK,
technically that's routing, but you know what I mean.  I wouldn't want
the gizmo to do anything beyond VOIP processing.

Still, I can always start with cablemodem-gizmo-router and switch to
cablemodem-router-gizmo later if it proved twitchy.

My issue is that my router is less than 100% stable of late and is
requiring a power cycle about once a week.  I don't want to make my
voice line dependent on the router's uptime.


(Does anyone make consumer-grade wireless router/firewalls that don't
flake out before they're 2 years old?  I've heard too many Linksys
horror stories and have had devices from SMC, Netgear, and others slowly
flake out over time--and after warranty.  I don't really care for Dlink
or Belkin or the others.)

John A. Jones, CISSP
Americas Information Security Officer
Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.
V: +1-630-455-2787 F: +1-312-601-1782
john.jones@xxxxxxxxxx

-----Original Message-----
From: pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of David Gibbs
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 12:10 PM
To: PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users
Subject: Re: [PCTECH] VOIP

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
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