[asterisk-users] Mabe OT? What managed switch is best for VoIP application?

Patrick Cervicek patrick at cervicek.de
Sun Jan 28 08:33:40 MST 2007


Cosmin Prund schrieb:

> P.S: For those that don't understand WHY I can't trust marketing 
> material, let me tell you something about the Trendnet switch that's 
> fast becoming "garbidge". I wanted an managed switch so I boght the 
> switch had "Managed" and "Virtual LAN" in the biggest possible letters. 
> Later, after buying two Intel 1Gb Virtual Lan Enabled network cards, I 
> discovered my Trendnet switch doesn't do standard VLan, it only does 
> VLan if linked to an other Trendnet switch - not useful at all!

"Standard Vlan" = 802.1q

Trendnet offered you only "VLAN in the Switch", not 802.1q

You have to look for the Protocol *802.1q*
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VLAN#Protocols_and_design



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