[Asterisk-Users] Vlan question

Steve Szmidt steve at szmidt.org
Sun Aug 15 09:05:16 MST 2004


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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: tmeeks at che-llp.com
> To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> Sent: 13 Aug 04, 2:38 PM
> Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Vlan question
>
> Hi,
>
> I am setting up an Asterisk system with Cisco 7960 phones.  I have a PoE
> injector to insert between the patch panel and HP 2626 switch.  I plan to
> plug the users pc into the phone and the phone into the wall.  I would like
> the phones to have a seperate subnet from the phones for performance
> reasons.
>
> May be a silly question, but with the pc and phone sharing the same switch
> port, how will it know to seperate the traffic and subnets?
>
> Thanks

Hmm, virtual IP on the NIC would be the way. I've not done anything virtual 
for so many years so I could be wrong. But you will not save performance when 
you share the same wire.

The switch learns who is hosting what IP so that's not the problem. It should 
also be able to route multiple LANs. 
- -- 
Steve

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                                Benjamin Franklin

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