asterisk users - Sep 2004 - Lower cost router suitable for VOIP ?

Hi,

we're testing Asterisk 1  RC 2 behind ordinary router and NAT. Since
we're
sharing network with web server it seems like voip packets are not coming
through fast enough (Digium demo dies after few seconds...). It's the same
if I make direct calls (passing Asterisk) so we conclude it's network
problem - it also work normally outside our router...

I wonder what solutions can we use to give voice packets higher priority.
I'm avare of VOIP routers, but they are pricey. Can some of common routers
help, or maybe implementing router on another simple Linux box?

Any advice, pointers to more info ?
How to trace network and debug Asterisk in convenient way ?

Thanks in advance,

Robert Rozman

Look at the wrt54g or wrt54gs with sveasoft firmware and wondershaper, allows
you to QOS VoIP data.

Google for "sveasoft forums" to find the right forum to search.

P
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Rozman [mailto:rozman@fri.uni-lj.si]
> Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004, 2:32 AM
> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
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> Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Lower cost router suitable for VOIP ?
> 
> Hi,
> 
> we're testing Asterisk 1  RC 2 behind ordinary router and NAT. Since
we're
> sharing network with web server it seems like voip packets are not coming
> through fast enough (Digium demo dies after few seconds...). It's the
same
> if I make direct calls (passing Asterisk) so we conclude it's network
> problem - it also work normally outside our router...
> 
> I wonder what solutions can we use to give voice packets higher priority.
> I'm avare of VOIP routers, but they are pricey. Can some of common
routers
> help, or maybe implementing router on another simple Linux box?
> 
> Any advice, pointers to more info ?
> How to trace network and debug Asterisk in convenient way ?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Robert Rozman
> 
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This wiki page has some information on routers that support VOIP:

    http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-VOIP+Routers

    
Jim

James H. Thompson
jht@lava.net

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Robert Rozman 
  To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion 
  Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 11:30 PM
  Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Lower cost router suitable for VOIP ?


  Hi,

  we're testing Asterisk 1  RC 2 behind ordinary router and NAT. Since
we're
  sharing network with web server it seems like voip packets are not coming
  through fast enough (Digium demo dies after few seconds...). It's the same
  if I make direct calls (passing Asterisk) so we conclude it's network
  problem - it also work normally outside our router...

  I wonder what solutions can we use to give voice packets higher priority.
  I'm avare of VOIP routers, but they are pricey. Can some of common routers
  help, or maybe implementing router on another simple Linux box?

  Any advice, pointers to more info ?
  How to trace network and debug Asterisk in convenient way ?

  Thanks in advance,

  Robert Rozman

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I'd be more than happy to send you some info off-list on how to do this in
Linux... It's much cheaper and more flexible than a low-end hardware
solution...

    -Chris

----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Rozman" <rozman@fri.uni-lj.si>
To: "Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion"
<asterisk-users@lists.digium.com>
Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 2:30 AM
Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Lower cost router suitable for VOIP ?

> Hi,
>
> we're testing Asterisk 1  RC 2 behind ordinary router and NAT. Since
we're
> sharing network with web server it seems like voip packets are not coming
> through fast enough (Digium demo dies after few seconds...). It's the
same
> if I make direct calls (passing Asterisk) so we conclude it's network
> problem - it also work normally outside our router...
>
> I wonder what solutions can we use to give voice packets higher priority.
> I'm avare of VOIP routers, but they are pricey. Can some of common
routers
> help, or maybe implementing router on another simple Linux box?
>
> Any advice, pointers to more info ?
> How to trace network and debug Asterisk in convenient way ?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Robert Rozman
>
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> Any advice, pointers to more info ?
MeshBox'll work:

http://www.locustworld.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid
=52&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

SIP prioritization is supposed to happen regardless if the clients are wired
or wireless. 

The distro is free:

http://www.locustworld.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Downloads&file=index&
req=getit&lid=5

I've played with it, and it's nice.

Linksys released a new firmware for the WRT54G with QoS included, so
there should be no need for the sveasoft hack.

For a cheaper solution, stuff a couple of extra ethernet cards in a PC
and make it your firewall by installing smoothwall in it. There is a
module that adds QoS to it and it seems to work pretty well. You can
find more info at
http://community.smoothwall.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7922