[asterisk-users] 10/100 voip phones and gigabit connection

[randall]

On 01/15/2010 12:41 PM, Rob Hillis wrote:
> On 01/15/10 17:54, randall wrote:
>    
>> hi all,
>>
>> i noticed that a lot of VOIP phones have a double network interface
>> allowing you to use only 1 LAN cable for both the phone and your
>> desktop, a really nice feature that can save a lot of cable, but most
>> are 10/100 connections while i have a gigabit network. Off course there
>> are phones available with a Gigabit connection but these are at least 3
>> to 4 times as expensive.
>>
>> another option would be to have both desktop and voip phone each a
>> dedicated line ( basically having 2 seperate networks ), already have
>> these in place from the old/current situation but i was hoping to clear
>> some cables.
>>
>> does anybody know of another solution to this or is my conclusion above
>> simply all the choice there is?
>>
>>
>>      
> You've hit the nail on the head.  A VoIP phone with two network ports is
> probably best thought of as a two port switch.  Like any switch, if you
> connect a gigabit NIC to a 10/100 switch, you'll end up with a 100
> megabit connection.  The only way to get a gigabit connection to your PC
> is via a phone that has gigabit ports, or have a separate cable back to
> the switch.
>
> Best practice is usually to segregate phone and PC networks anyway - it
> helps avoid degradation of VoIP quality when the LAN becomes heavily loaded.
>
>    
i'll folow the best practice then in that case.

thanks for the confirmation Rob,


Randall