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Madhadder · 10-08-2004

VOIP is a huge can o'worms I suggest you head over to Amazon anf get
some (If not all) of the Cisco VOIP books you can, cause your gonna need'em.

#1 - No special AP's are needed. 11B is OK but 11G would be better
especially if you put both voice & data on the same network. You
will need to seperacte the Traffic with VLANS.

#2 - If it's setup like a interoffice connection, then no vonage is not
required. However both ends must use some $$$ Cisco Call manager
Boxes and Gateways.

#3 - For this you will need vonage or some other VOIP provider, unless
you want to setup multiple POPs around the world and install/control
& manage your own network. Your VOIP call will go via the internet
to vonage's VOIP gateway, closest to the persone you are calling.
The VOIP call will then be "Offnetted" by a Voice/PSTN Gateway
which send the call request out the the normal Phone lines and rings
his phone. For hime to call you it's the same, but in reverse.

#4 - Sure you can, but you better have some serioues $$$ cause it ain't
gonna be cheap. You will need to setup a POP "Point of presence"
in a Colo somewhere to serve that area/areacode. But having 1 POP
limits you to where you can "Offnet" and recieve Calls. The way around
this is to keep the VOIP traffic on the Network as far as possible. Thus
you will need to setup multiple POPS around the US. Say 1 in each state.
Now your long distance calls can be treated as local, or at least closer
to their final dest. than they were before.

In a basic VOIP POP setup you will need to colo atleast 2-3 routers
and voice gateways and atleast 1 callmanager PC. Get your self the
the fastest Internet Conx. you can afford (Depending on # of Cust)
for your rack. On the PSTN side you can start off with a T1 line which
I believe will allow for 20-30 active calls (In & Outbound). If you want
more then get 2 T1's or a T3. Then once you have all that grab yourself
a block of phone numbers for the areas you will server. Usually this can
be an entire Prefix in an area code (954-726-0000 thru 954-726-9999)
for Examp.

Hope this works for you.

10-08-2004	#2 (permalink)
Madhadder General "Noob Basher" Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Munich, Germany Posts: 1,620	VOIP is a huge can o'worms I suggest you head over to Amazon anf get some (If not all) of the Cisco VOIP books you can, cause your gonna need'em. #1 - No special AP's are needed. 11B is OK but 11G would be better especially if you put both voice & data on the same network. You will need to seperacte the Traffic with VLANS. #2 - If it's setup like a interoffice connection, then no vonage is not required. However both ends must use some $$$ Cisco Call manager Boxes and Gateways. #3 - For this you will need vonage or some other VOIP provider, unless you want to setup multiple POPs around the world and install/control & manage your own network. Your VOIP call will go via the internet to vonage's VOIP gateway, closest to the persone you are calling. The VOIP call will then be "Offnetted" by a Voice/PSTN Gateway which send the call request out the the normal Phone lines and rings his phone. For hime to call you it's the same, but in reverse. #4 - Sure you can, but you better have some serioues $$$ cause it ain't gonna be cheap. You will need to setup a POP "Point of presence" in a Colo somewhere to serve that area/areacode. But having 1 POP limits you to where you can "Offnet" and recieve Calls. The way around this is to keep the VOIP traffic on the Network as far as possible. Thus you will need to setup multiple POPS around the US. Say 1 in each state. Now your long distance calls can be treated as local, or at least closer to their final dest. than they were before. In a basic VOIP POP setup you will need to colo atleast 2-3 routers and voice gateways and atleast 1 callmanager PC. Get your self the the fastest Internet Conx. you can afford (Depending on # of Cust) for your rack. On the PSTN side you can start off with a T1 line which I believe will allow for 20-30 active calls (In & Outbound). If you want more then get 2 T1's or a T3. Then once you have all that grab yourself a block of phone numbers for the areas you will server. Usually this can be an entire Prefix in an area code (954-726-0000 thru 954-726-9999) for Examp. Hope this works for you. __________________ Legends may sleep, but they never die!!!!