[Asterisk-Users] Cisco 79xx series IP phones

[Shawn Parker]

my apologies for using a previous thread.  i was in a hurry when i did 
it and didn't consider that some would be using threaded views.




Rich Adamson wrote:

>>One problem a colleague and I discussed moments ago is the system may 
>>preform "better" if we're using a Layer 3 switch.  Which I would like 
>>anyway, but isn't very cost effective for an office with 10 phones and 5 
>>workstations.  A L3 switch would be almost half, if not more, the total 
>>cost of the project build.  I guess it also depends on the amount of 
>>traffic and calls made from the office.  But, other than the 4 sales 
>>people, I don't imagine the office having a high volume of traffic in 
>>and out.  It is a small publishing house not a call center or support 
>>company.  The most they use the phone system for, other than selling 
>>ads, is talking to each other and calling writers.
>>    
>>
>
>Layer-3 switching won't add any value unless your network is rather
>large and you already have a need to segment it into broadcast domains.
>
>I do a fair amount of professional network performance work and we've
>actually been involved with a flat (layer-2 only) switched network 
>that has over 900 active non-voip devices. Adding a couple of voip 
>devices (for testing only) into the mix resulted in excellent quality. 
>But, all of that depends upon how well managed the network is in the 
>first place.
>
>Rich
>
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Shawn Parker
Network Administrator
Cumulus Broadcasting, LLC.
Columbia-Jefferson City, Missouri
1.573.449.4141
shawn.parker at cumulus.com