I am trying to hook up my Cisco telephones to Asterisk using a Layer 3 switch and am having difficulties it getting it to work. I realize this may not be the proper forum for a discussion on VLAN architecture and configuration so I won't post the question here. I though I had read all the requisite information regarding the configuration for this, but perhaps I am missing something simple. Is there anyone who is knowledgeable in VLAN's and networking that could offer some assistance? Thanks, Kevin -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20040724/f7ae9963/attachment.htm
I think the question is perfect since VLANs are a great way to provide QoS and havent really been discussed here (at least lately). Can you be more specific as to your problem? Did you set vlan tagging on the phone? Did you trunk your switch ports all the way back to the router (ISL or 801.q, Cisco uses ISL natively)? Thanks, Steve Totaro ----- Original Message ----- From: Kevin To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2004 11:02 PM Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Layer 3 VPN Question I am trying to hook up my Cisco telephones to Asterisk using a Layer 3 switch and am having difficulties it getting it to work. I realize this may not be the proper forum for a discussion on VLAN architecture and configuration so I won't post the question here. I though I had read all the requisite information regarding the configuration for this, but perhaps I am missing something simple. Is there anyone who is knowledgeable in VLAN's and networking that could offer some assistance? Thanks, Kevin -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20040725/a3c3890b/attachment.htm
Shoot the questions to me offline if you'd like... -- W. Kevin Hunt CCIE #11841 www.huntbrothers.com From: asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Kevin Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2004 10:02 PM To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Layer 3 VPN Question I am trying to hook up my Cisco telephones to Asterisk using a Layer 3 switch and am having difficulties it getting it to work. I realize this may not be the proper forum for a discussion on VLAN architecture and configuration so I won't post the question here. I though I had read all the requisite information regarding the configuration for this, but perhaps I am missing something simple. Is there anyone who is knowledgeable in VLAN's and networking that could offer some assistance?
Sorry, there seems to be an above average amount of squaking about either where to post answers (top or bottom posting) and when to take it offline. I'll be happy to answer online now that at least 2 people are interested... As far as the question, what is the exact setup you are attempting to accomplish - A.) have the switch tell the phone which vlan to tag voice traffic and which vlan to tag data traffic ? B.) have the switch force all traffic f/ the phone into VLAN X and route it to the asterisk server on VLAN Y ? C.) same as B., but have a router handle the layer 3 work D.) ??? something else W. Kevin Hunt CCIE #11841 MCSE, Linux+ SME www.huntbrothers.com> -----Original Message----- > From: asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com > [mailto:asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of > Steve Totaro > Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2004 9:43 AM > To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Layer 3 VPN Question > > why offline? this is good info for the archives. >> >
Hi, Please keep this discussion on-list. I did search the list 3 weeks ago on not much usable did show up. Here is my scenario, fyi. I have sip/iax phones registered on my * server. My ISP can also do A-Z termination and provide local did numbers and controls Qos via VLAN/CoS. If I use the right VLAN tag and CoS then traffic is prioritized over my normal internet traffic. I did buy a small switch/router (Micronet sp1678) which can set the VLAN tags and supports CoS per port but I still feel the solution is a bit clumsy. I would rather use my Linux (RH9) to do the same. I am pretty sure it can but I haven't had any time yet to investigate how, so let the list benefit from configuration experiences in this area. Freddi