[asterisk-users] Connecting branch offices through IPsec tunnel --latency effects?

[Kevin Ragsdale]

We have two offices - one in Oklahoma and the other in Vancouver, BC -
connected via an OpenVPN connection.  We have big pipes at each site
(15Mb and 10Mb), and it works great.  We average about 70ms latency
through the tunnel.  We have about 5-6 conference calls per day with up
to 20 users, and no one has complained about the audio quality (after we
upgraded the Polycom firmware, that is.  We had a godawful echo problem
with the older firmware).

We used to have an IPSec VPN, but for us the OpenVPN solution is much
simpler, and has been more reliable.

Kevin

-----Original Message-----
From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Stephen
Bosch
Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 10:25 AM
To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
Subject: [asterisk-users] Connecting branch offices through IPsec tunnel
--latency effects?

Hi:

If I connect two offices through an IPsec tunnel, what is the impact on
latency, and does it noticeably affect calls?

Has anyone out there tried this? What were the effects?

Cheers,

-Stephen-