QoS settings

Posts: 5 · New Forum Member Joined: Mar 09, 2005 Posts: 5

Hi i have been having delay problems with my voip but only it seems when messenger is active and at certain times in the daytime.

someone suggested i setup QoS but i dont know how to, please advise.

here is my routers (safecom SWAMR 54108)QoS page.
I am with PlusNet ISP in the UK.

vonage router is Linksys RT31P2

http://testyour voip.com/results.html?id=MG0XDK

my voipspeed.com test results

Speed test statistics
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Download speed: 68056 bps
Upload speed: 37480 bps
Quality of service: 13 %
Download test type: socket
Upload test type: socket
Maximum download pause: 2262 ms
Average download pause: 192 ms
Minimum round trip time to server: 1700 ms
Average round trip time to server: 2174 ms

VoIP test statistics
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Jitter: you --> server: 3.0 ms
Jitter: server --> you: 3.8 ms
Packet loss: you --> server: 0.0 %
Packet loss: server --> you: 0.0 %
Packet discards: 0.0 %
Packets out of order: 0.0 %
Number of supported VoIP lines: 0
Estimated MOS score: 2.4

Posts: 76 · Vonage Forum Senior Joined: Oct 17, 2005 Posts: 76

I'll be able to tell you some settings to use once I get home and can check what I've set on my IPCOP QOS setup. In the meantime, perhaps you can confirm that you have your vonage box connected to the Internet via the router and that it is on a fixed IP address. If not I can give you some help getting that bit done first.

Posts: 5 · New Forum Member Joined: Mar 09, 2005 Posts: 5

cool thanks,

the vonage router passes thru an 8 port switch to my safecom router.

i have never actually seen the vonage router appear in any of the safecom routers pages ie:clients etc.

i do have a fixed IP address from my ISP but i dont thibnk i have an IP address for the vonage linksys router.

Posts: 76 · Vonage Forum Senior Joined: Oct 17, 2005 Posts: 76

Ok, so the first thing you'll need to do is get your Vonage box onto a fixed IP address. At the moment it will be getting an IP address automatically from your Safecom box. On the Safecom admin pages you first need to find where 'DHCP' is configured. This is the mechanism through which the Safecom unit gives out IP addresses to computers on your local network. Once you have found this, you'll need to write down an IP address which is outside the range which the safecom gives out via DHCP. Alternatively you could turn off DHCP but you will then need to configure every PC on your network with an IP address. Once you've made a note of an address you can put the vonage box on you'll need to access its web configuration also and tell it what IP address to be. If this is all a bit confusing, try posting some images of the config pages you think are relevant and we can figure out what to do from there. Don't post anything sensitive such as wireless keys though of course.

Posts: 5 · New Forum Member Joined: Mar 09, 2005 Posts: 5

bassplayer wrote:

you'll need to write down an IP address which is outside the range which the safecom gives out via DHCP.

when you say outside the range? what does this mean?
for instance if the DHCP is 10.0.0.0

is outside above or below that address?

edit: in fact i understand now XXX.XXX.XXX.001 up to 254 so ill set up this today out of the range of router.

thanks