Actually, most phones come with an ethernet port for the PC as well, so 1 in and 1 out, as to the Gigabit though, that may be a problem, as I'm not sure of any phones with a gig phy, maybe Cisco? Broadcom is making the chips, but I don't know if they are shipping in anything at this time...
The main issue with the soft phone is that people expect their phone to work when their PC doesn't... Kinda hard to call tech support that way... Also, I think that unless you are an early adopter, it will probably seem like more of a pain. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Pastore Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 12:50 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: [Asterisk-Users] SoftPhones: Bad, or just bad QoS? Hi again, folks. I've been getting feedback from this list and elsewhere that softphones are generally not considered good enough for hardcore business use. Can someone point me to where I can find more detail on this debate? Is the problem that the technology isn't mature, that the load on the computer is too high, or simply that it doesn't work well in a poorly designed network? Any time I mention VOIP and network, people tell me to make sure that I have QoS capabilities. If I do, and can tweak it appropriately, will that eliminate (or at least greatly minimize) problems with soft phones? I am really loathe to rewire my building, and I really have to move to gigabit for unrelated reasons, so I would like to be able to use the single gigabit port in every office to serve both the computer and the phone. That seems to mean either soft phones or putting a small gig hub in every office, no? _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users