I'm pretty sure they meant two logical networks. At least, I hope they did.
David Gibbons wrote: > Two separate networks? Did I miss something? I feel like I'm taking crazy > pills! Two separate physical networks means twice the hassle, twice the > maintenance, twice the cost, twice the headache. Not to mention the fact that > the whole idea of VOIP is to simplify IT and focus on converging data and > voice networks. > > This is what VLANs and QOS do best. I dare say it's what they were designed > foe. I can't think of any reason that I would ever recommend two ports per > desk to support telephony -- ever. It's ludicrous to think that two ports > will be better than one if we're setting up our VLANs and QOS properly. A > phone takes very, very little bandwidth away from the desktop and a decent > one will support tagging its frames for the alternate voice VLAN. > > --snip-- > In almost all cases it is much better to have two seperate networks. > This may be impractical in some smaller installs, but in any office > setting we always do this. The only reason I can think of not to is to > eliminate the cost of the second cable. > --snip-- > > _______________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users -- Alex Balashov Evariste Systems Web : http://www.evaristesys.com/ Tel : (+1) (678) 954-0670 Direct : (+1) (678) 954-0671 Mobile : (+1) (706) 338-8599 _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
