Network & VoIP Readiness Assessment
Deploying VoIP on an untested network all too often leads to major problems, stress, and operation-impacting downtime.
Industry best practices as well as real life experience have demonstrated that:
- mapping key network elements (routers, switches, servers, firewalls) and
- performing a real-time, load-test assessment of current network
are highly correlated with a relaxed, successful implementation.
In almost all cases, a VoIP Readiness Assessment is a good idea if substantial VoIP will be deployed. The cost is modest, and the benefits are many:
- current network performance is established as a baseline
- red or yellow flag items are identified and can be resolved before adding critical VoIP packets to the traffic mix
- Careful review of existing devices, configurations, and design with your staff
- Recommendations for improvements needed
- After VoIP deployment, a second assessment can be run to document a baseline for the network’s performance with VoIP traffic added. This is invaluable in future troubleshooting – should problems develop at a later date.
VoIP Readiness Assessments uncover dozens of challenges, amongst them:
- bad or damaged cabling or connectors
- switches or routers that do not respect Quality Of Service tags in VoIP packets
- inadequate bandwidth between portions of a LAN or WAN
- excessive packet loss
- excessive packet latency
- incorrectly configured router tables
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