If you are referring to the Cisco branded MCUs and h.323 Gatekeepers, yes - I use them. You can save a bit of cash in some cases by turning to the vendor of the hardware (Radvision) but the support for these products from Cisco has been first rate. The written documentation is a little slight on CCO, but generally useable. There are better and cheaper h.323 Gatekeepers than the Cisco IOS MCM - free323 comes to mind - and there is a h.323 proxy in beta that is also freeware. Scheduling software and billing software for the VTC 'stuff' is spendy. I believe one of our business units is looking seriously at Todd software for billing and scheduling so I should have a better grasp on how that is done in a month or two. To the individual products; The Cisco 3510 is fairly lame - so of course I have two of them in my network... :) A fixed config box that can handle up to about 4Mb of VTC traffic. It is "stackable" for aggregate horsepower, but there are cheaper ways to get the 'umph' you need than buying a bunch of 1U MCUs. The Cisco 3540 is a killer box that is scaleable and priced accordingly. It supports T.120 and can bridge (gateway, actually) to h.320 networks as well. If I were going to spend my money again, I'd get this box (or the RadVision original). One of the interesting thing about these boxes is that there really isn't a command line, exactly. You use the console port once - to set an IP address. After that, it's a Windows application to configure the rest. Warning about the 3510 - After just about any configuration change it reboots. The thing get's rebooted more than a Windows 95 box... If you have an interest in VTC, but don't want to bite off the 20-40K to get started with MultiPoint VTC, I can recommend Glowpoint/WireOne for a decent service provider in the lower 48. They even provide the VTC terminal equipment. Do the numbers based on your expected use - you may be supprised. One item about VTC/h.323 regardless of whose equipment you use: Get your QOS butt in order and give yourself about 20% overhead on the VTC. TTFN, Bill 'VTC over IPSEC' Pearch, Anchorage
-----Original Message----- From: Johnson, Richard (NY Int) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 6:48 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Cisco Video Conferencing [7:48646] Hi All, Is anyone out there currently using it? If so what are your opinions of it? Thanks Rich [GroupStudy.com removed an attachment of type application/x-pkcs7-signature which had a name of smime.p7s] Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=48655&t=48646 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
