On 5/16/06, Chuck Mariotti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I have an installation of [EMAIL PROTECTED] that's producing choppy (jitter) results due to bandwidth issues with my connection. Adjusting my monowall firewall's QOS doesn't seem to be able to resolve the problems. I am assuming I will need to take this to a hosted level outside of my network.
How many calls are you actually trying to do right now? I get the impression you are just trying to get your first call working. Just try using a softphone (or hardphone if you have it) with a friend, or find one of those providers that has no setup fee so you can get some termination to the PSTN. Once you do that, then you could find a provider, or just run it on your cheapo machine at home. If it does end up being your Internet connection (ISP), then you may have to consider switching -- hopefully that's an option. I think jumping to a hosted solution may be a bit hasty -- it might not even solve the problem. You can get a lot of information just from pinging and performing traceroutes. It'll help give you a high level overview of your network. A great tool for checking packet loss is 'mtr' in Linux. Its a console command. Most people usually have plenty of bandwidth for VoIP, but you could do a speed test as well. A really neat one is http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/. -- Leif Madsen. http://www.leifmadsen.com http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/asterisk
