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

[Kristian Kielhofner]

Scott Laird wrote:

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

Scott,

	Some switches allow you to give higher priority to certain VLANs.  If 
you divide your voice and data networks like this, it certainly would help.

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Kristian Kielhofner