Yeah, the basic rule of thumb is, you cant guarantee something that you dont control. Meaning different peices of the solution are often handled by different entities so it can be hard to identify the accountable party. Be prepared to have wireless always blaimed for the problem first. If you get into the venture with that understanding upfront, you'll be better prepared to deal with it.
I recognize that I avoided your actual question. I'm not sure their is a best practice, as there are many practices that work well. I'd advise narrowing down your question, to get more relevent help. What are you looking to learn? How to optimize other VOIP services over your wifi network? How to lauch your own? What platforms are best? What partners are best? Best working wifi VOIP phones? How to pick reliable partners for your situation? How does one measure wifi reliabilty for handling VOIP? Many of the Asterix support websites have a lot of good info to read, even if you plan on using something else. WISPA also have several VOIP vender member partners who may be able to help. (off top of head NetSapien and Vox, although there may be more) Consistent latency is one of the more critical network characteristics needed for reliable VOIP. (any thing under 170 ms is usually survivable as long as consistent) Its hard to get consistent latency over basic wifi without any QOS controls. Queuing can help. Tom DeReggi RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband ----- Original Message ----- From: "pat" <[email protected]> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 2:25 PM Subject: [WISPA] How are you handling VOIP services over WiFi? >I haven't been able to find much in the way of white papers for > information regarding VOIP over WiFi. If someone could share some info > with me I would appreciate it. > > Thanks, > > Pat > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
