Those are good questions, for which I will have to look for the answers. In any event, the decision maker in question is not concerned with how hard it is for me to manage the environment. In his mind, that is a theoretical problem that does not offset his cost savings.
So, these well-intentioned logical exercises will prove fruitless. Generally, I don't like complexity in networking, although I am willing to take complexity when there is a significant benefit, such as with server/application virtualization. OTOH, for a relatively small cost (when you look at the size of our org: 60 employees, growing to 90 or 100 this year), one can keep the benefits of VoIP and still avoid running it on the same wire, minimizing other configuration issues. This is important to me based on IT staffing constraints. -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 1:35 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote: > Questions, for which I don't have answers: > > If putting the phone between the PC and the network, does that mask > the MAC address for the PC? > > Does it kill your ability to do WoL? > > How else might it interfere with your network management? > > Kurt > > On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 07:25, Andrew S. Baker <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am not a huge fan of converged networks, although I will acknowledge > the > > cost savings in many instances. > > I have a situation where we were planning to keep the data traffic and > voice > > traffic separate, and all of a sudden (11th hour) that changed. > > *If* you were going to lobby against converging a network for 30-50 > people > > on a floor that is being built out, what justification would you use? > > -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
