VoIP QOS on a Linksys Wireless B Broadband Router?

Posts: 41 · Full Forum Member Joined: Mar 13, 2005 Posts: 41

Hi,

I have a LInksys Wireless B Broadband Router to which my Vonage and 2 PCs are connected.

I'd like to ensure that Vonage traffic is not hindered in any way from the 2 connected PCs (that I do not have control over).

Is this possible and could you tell me how I can do it?

If my router does not support it, which router could I buy that does?

Thanks.

Posts: 33 · Vonage Forum Junior Joined: Sep 05, 2005 Posts: 33

Buy this device and put it between your router and your broadband modem. Problem solved.
http://www.hawkingtech.com/products/productlist.php?CatID=36&FamID=80&ProdID=216

I've had absolutely no complaints since dropping this on my home network. Voice traffic gets the priority it needs, and everything else on the network appears to play nice. I paid roughly $50 after rebate.

Posts: 41 · Full Forum Member Joined: Mar 13, 2005 Posts: 41

Thanks. I guess the Linksys routers themselves can't be made to prioritize VoIP traffic above all others huh?

Posts: 33 · Vonage Forum Junior Joined: Sep 05, 2005 Posts: 33

mingthemerciful wrote:

Thanks. I guess the Linksys routers themselves can't be made to prioritize VoIP traffic above all others huh?

No... it properly tags packets so that they are identified as voice traffic; however, without anything that knows what to do with these tagged packets, you're stuck.

The only exception is if all your internal network traffic passes through the RTP300. Then flow control is properly managed.

Posts: 1389 · Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2005 2:32 pm Post subject:

Depends on the wireless router. Is it the BEFW?

Posts: 41 · Full Forum Member Joined: Mar 13, 2005 Posts: 41

Yes it is the BEFW 1154.

Should I have the DSL modem hook to the Vonage (Motorola), then the Vonage PC connection hook to the Linksys Router, and then the Router hook to the PCs? Would that do the trick you think?