Moody, Barbra wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
>
> We are having problems with our wireless carts and our VoIP and we aren't 
> sure exactly what's happening.  We know that when our VoIP communication 
> devices hit the wireless network it knocks everything down to B from G and 
> slows everyone down.  We were told that we couldn't run them on 2 different 
> networks because the would clash.  This is making PCS run so slow on the 
> carts that the nurses are complaining loudly.  It is much slower than the 
> PC's at the desk.  Have any of you had problems like this or have any 
> suggestions?
>   
Are your Wireless VOIP phones B only?  A single B/G wireless radio can 
not operate in both modes at the same time.  If 802.11B is enabled, the 
entire radio will throttle down to the B mode once there is an 802.11B 
device associated.  That means all other B/G devices in that footprint 
also need to throttle down to communicate with the access point.  I 
suspect this is what is currently happening.  You can also easily run 
into bandwidth problems if your AP density is very low, causing many 
devices to share access points.

Another factor that could contribute to this is QOS.  If your VOIP vlan 
gets priority, than other devices are going to get diminished 
performance when VOIP uses large amounts of bandwidth.

However, based on your description I would guess that the first scenario 
is more likely.

Gearry Judkins
Information Systems
Franklin Community Health Network

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