[Asterisk-Users] cheap gig switch? smc, netgear, or 3com?

Scott Laird scott at sigkill.org
Wed Oct 20 15:41:49 MST 2004


On Oct 20, 2004, at 3:38 PM, Michael Welter wrote:

> Kristian Kielhofner wrote:
>> Michael Welter wrote:
>>> Is 802.1p what we need for voice traffic?  QoS at the MAC level?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> 802.1q and 802.1p are preferred.
> The reason I asked is because 802.1q isn't mentioned in the product 
> literature.

.1q is VLAN trunking.  If you want to support multiple VLANs and have 
them shared on multiple switches, then you want .1q.  It doesn't really 
have a whole lot to do with QoS.


Scott




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