Sign up
Vonage Forum Menu
The Vonage Forums
Vonage VoIP Forum
Vonage Forum Archive
Vonage Canada
Vonage UK
Vonage Stock
Fax, Tivo & Alarms
Hard Wiring
Number Transfer
V-Phone & SoftPhone
VoIP Feature Request
Vonage TV Ads
Forum Suggestions
Report a Bug
The Cafeteria
Forums Archive
All Vonage News
Vonage In The News
Press Releases
Forum Digest
News Archives
Vonage Sign Up Info
Vonage Features
Vonage Area Codes
Vonage FAQ
Vonage Reviews
VoIP Speed Test
Vonage Toolbar
Network Setup
Wiring & Installation
Vonage 911
Business Account
VoIP Acronyms
VoIP Advertising
Wi-Fi Phone
Contact Support
Member Registration
Member Login
Member List
Your Account
Private Message
Forum Faqs
Recommend Us
Website Feedback
Forum Syndication
Forum Newsletter
Search Using Google
Search Forums
Search News
Forum Speed Dial
Vonage Forum
Forum Community
The Vonage Forums
Vonage VoIP Forum
Forum Archive
Vonage Canada
Vonage UK
Vonage Stock
Fax, Tivo & Alarms
Hard Wiring
Number Transfer
V-Phone & SoftPhone
Feature Request
Vonage On TV
Forum Suggestions
Report A Bug
The Cafeteria
All Archives
Vonage News
All Vonage News
In The News
Press Releases
Forum Digest
News Archive
Vonage Information
Sign Up Info
Vonage Features
Area Codes
Vonage FAQ
Vonage Reviews
VoIP Speed Test
Vonage Toolbar
Network Setup
Wiring & Installation
Vonage 911
Business Account
VoIP Acronyms
VoIP Advertising
Wi-Fi Phone
Contact Support
Member Services
Registration
Member Login
Member List
Your Account
Private Messages
Forum Faq's
Recommend Us
Website Feedback
RSS Syndication
Forum Newsletter
Search
Search Using Google
Search Forums
Search News
Vonage Forums
New Vonage customer, bandwidth usage questions.
Goto page
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
Next
Vonage® VoIP Forum - Vonage News, Reviews And Discussion
»
Vonage Forum Archive
Author
Message
crazyivan
Vonage Forum Junior
Joined: Mar 16, 2005
Posts: 31
Posted:
Wed Mar 16, 2005 2:30 pm
Post subject: New Vonage customer, bandwidth usage questions.
Greetings all,
I purchased
Vonage
VoIP
package few days ago and it`s somewhere in the mail... so, in the mean time i have the question that bothers me the most.
What is the roughly estimated upstream/downstream bandwidth usage for
Vonage
VoIP
? I searched around, but couldn`t find defiinte answer to that... quiet often people are confusing kbps with kb/sec. I`m pretty sure that i have enough bandwidth to handle it... but what happens of someone calls while i am hosting dedicated server
Should i just let it ring?
My connection - Optima on line, averaging 7-8mbps down and ~1mbps up pretty much all the time.
Thanks in advance for any information.
Cheers!
kenn10
Vonage Forum Master
Joined: Jun 07, 2004
Posts: 196
Location: Kennesaw, GA
Posted:
Wed Mar 16, 2005 2:32 pm
Post subject: Re: New Vonage customer, bandwidth usage questions.
crazyivan wrote:
Greetings all,
I purchased
Vonage
VoIP
package few days ago and it`s somewhere in the mail... so, in the mean time i have the question that bothers me the most.
What is the roughly estimated upstream/downstream bandwidth usage for
Vonage
VoIP
? I searched around, but couldn`t find defiinte answer to that... quiet often people are confusing kbps with kb/sec. I`m pretty sure that i have enough bandwidth to handle it... but what happens of someone calls while i am hosting dedicated server
Should i just let it ring?
My connection - Optima on line, averaging 7-8mbps down and ~1mbps up pretty much all the time.
Thanks in advance for any information.
Cheers!
With that bandwidth, you'll be fine.
Vonage
in highest quality uses about 90K up and 90K down. You've got room for about 10
Vonage
calls at that bandwidth.
_________________
Vonage
(RT31P2), Voicepulse (SPA2000), Broadvoice (SPA2000)
ISP: Comcast HSI, Router: Linksys WRT54GS (Sveasoft Firmware)
Vonage
since 9/2003
crazyivan
Vonage Forum Junior
Joined: Mar 16, 2005
Posts: 31
Posted:
Wed Mar 16, 2005 2:42 pm
Post subject:
Thank you for the prompt reply kenn,
By 90k you mean 90kbps... which is a little bit over 1kb/sec, correct?
If that`s the case, i have nothing to worry about
kenn10
Vonage Forum Master
Joined: Jun 07, 2004
Posts: 196
Location: Kennesaw, GA
Posted:
Wed Mar 16, 2005 2:45 pm
Post subject:
crazyivan wrote:
Thank you for the prompt reply kenn,
By 90k you mean 90kbps... which is a little bit over 1kb/sec, correct?
If that`s the case, i have nothing to worry about
That's correct. Each call is less than 10% of your stated upload bandwidth. Look to the left side of the screen and run the "
VOIP
SPEED TEST" listed for a visual look at your bandwidth.
_________________
Vonage
(RT31P2), Voicepulse (SPA2000), Broadvoice (SPA2000)
ISP: Comcast HSI, Router: Linksys WRT54GS (Sveasoft Firmware)
Vonage
since 9/2003
crazyivan
Vonage Forum Junior
Joined: Mar 16, 2005
Posts: 31
Posted:
Wed Mar 16, 2005 2:49 pm
Post subject:
Oh, great. Will do that when i get home
Thanks.
crazyivan
Vonage Forum Junior
Joined: Mar 16, 2005
Posts: 31
Posted:
Wed Mar 16, 2005 3:09 pm
Post subject:
One more question, while we are at it
I have rather complicated...well to some extent..setup at home. Two PC`s hardwired to Dlink-704P and Linksys wireless switch connected to Dlink as well - thats for laptop. In router firewall i can only authorize 4 DHCP adresses and all of them taken... wireless uses 2. DHCP filtering is enabled. So...that forces me to put
Vonage
service between Modem and the router, which will dedicate max bandwidth to
Vonage
. Basically...my question is...is it worth the trouble of getting 8 port router and putting
Vonage
on the network behind the router... so it will not have priority to bandwidth?
I know, i am a little paranoid. Hosting is more important to me then phone lines
... phone is for mrs..she talks for hours hehe.
plyons
Vonage Forum Senior
Joined: Mar 06, 2004
Posts: 110
Posted:
Thu Mar 17, 2005 8:50 am
Post subject:
Ivan... I too have Optimum Online. Everyone is correct.. you have plenty of bandwidth to handle
Vonage
calls without resorting to any type of bandwidth management.
This means that you can and should put the
Vonage
adapter behind your router.
I'm not sure what you mean when you say that your firewall only authorizes 4 DHCP addresses. That just sounds odd. If that's the case, then yes, you should get something else because now you have more than 4 network devices.
The port forwarding and other router features on the ATA from
Vonage
suck and you wouldn't want to use them for your hosting.
crazyivan
Vonage Forum Junior
Joined: Mar 16, 2005
Posts: 31
Posted:
Thu Mar 17, 2005 10:51 am
Post subject:
Thanks for your reply plyons.
In the filter of my router only room for 4 DCHP adresses. I guess that`s what you get for 4 ports. Wireless switch and laptop are taking 2, 1 for each and other 2 PC`s remaining two. I guess you are right, i should get 8 port router.
Is it possible to open all ports on that
Vonage
device? Meaning not to use any filtering? Or it`s not disareable?
Thanks.
ToddlerTN
Vonage Forum Evangelist
Joined: Feb 12, 2005
Posts: 482
Location: Nashville, TN
Posted:
Thu Mar 17, 2005 11:00 am
Post subject:
Hey something's not right about that. There's no way your router is limited to 4 DHCP addresses. Check the manual. What model is it?
_________________
Comcast 6/768
Vonage
customer since 01/05
RT31P2 running behind WRT54G w/Sveasoft Alchemy-V1.0 v3.37.6.8sv
Michael545
Full Forum Member
Joined: Mar 14, 2005
Posts: 47
Location: Los Angeles
Posted:
Thu Mar 17, 2005 11:39 am
Post subject:
Not sure, but I think he means there are only 4 physical ethernet ports...
Display posts from previous:
All Posts
1 Day
7 Days
2 Weeks
1 Month
3 Months
6 Months
1 Year
Oldest First
Newest First
Vonage® VoIP Forum - Vonage News, Reviews And Discussion
»
Vonage Forum Archive
Goto page
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
Next
Jump to:
Select a forum
Vonage® VoIP Forums
----------------
Vonage
Vonage Forum Archive
Vonage Canada
Vonage UK
Vonage Stock
Fax - Tivo - Alarms
Hard Wiring - Installation
LNP – Local Number Portability
Vonage V-Phone & SoftPhone
VoIP Feature Wish List
Vonage TV Commercials
Forum Suggestions - Open Topics
----------------
The Cafeteria - Any Non Vonage Topic
Forum Suggestions - Comments
Report A Forum Bug
You
cannot
post new topics in this forum
You
cannot
reply to topics in this forum
You
cannot
edit your posts in this forum
You
cannot
delete your posts in this forum
You
cannot
vote in polls in this forum
All times are GMT - 5 Hours