Gotcha! That was my plan. I ran into that exact issue when I was randomly speed testing a couple of the lines. The computer under test immediately negotiated to 100Mb and ran just fine, but I know I'm asking for trouble to keep it that way. I will be forcing all ports down to 10.
...and thanks for the example. That's good information. On 2/13/12, Bryant Zimmerman <brya...@zktech.com> wrote: > Jason > > A standard SIP VOIP phone will use less than 100k per voice call. For > example I have several bussiness customers that have a dedicated DSL line > and they do up to 6 lines very well on that 1.5x384 (we do g729 which is > 37k per call). If your networks drops can test solid at 10mb you should be > in good shape if they do not run solid at 100mb you should force the switch > port to negoitate to 10mb not 100mb. Make sure the POE switches you are > looking at allow you to force the port speed this may save you in the long > run. Also make sure that the POE switch can handle the load and run lengths > you are looking to put on it. > > Bryant > > ---------------------------------------- > BrFrom: "Jason W. Parks" <jason.w.pa...@gmail.com> > Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 8:32 AM > To: "Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion" > <asterisk-users@lists.digium.com> > Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] SIP hardware phones > > Thanks for the info. As we move forward, we'll be testing and making a > phone selections. No doubt we'll run into this. Are you saying if the > phone is stated to be a 10/100 phone, it still may not work at 10? > > On 2/13/2012 1:32 AM, Benny Amorsen wrote: >> "Jason W. Parks"<jason.w.pa...@gmail.com> writes: >> >>> I can move my voice infrastructure to an IP-based one running 10Mbps, >>> utilize existing wiring infrastructure, with the only cost outlay >>> being low cost PoE managed switches (48 ports for about a grand), and >>> it ends up a lot cheaper than upgrading the data network to support >>> the phones. ...and I can still stay within standard. >> You can, but not all phones will link up at 10Mbps. >> >> >> /Benny >> >> -- >> _____________________________________________________________________ >> -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- >> New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: >> http://www.asterisk.org/hello >> >> asterisk-users mailing list >> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: >> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >> > > -- > _____________________________________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: > http://www.asterisk.org/hello > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users