[VoIP] VoIP gateway

[John Novack]

Lee Spenadel wrote:
> I've got a question on VoIP telephone systems.  A project that I'm helping out with may have a commercially available VoIP system installed.  I don't want the telephony traffic to interfere with LAN traffic and may look to have all VoIP devices installed in a separate network hub.  
Good idea, but you probably want a switch rather than a hub.
Even an unmanaged switch will perform better than a hub.
Can you still buy hubs?
> I'm thinking that the LAN IP network and VoIP networks will be addressed differently.
> Based on this premise, my questions:
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> .         Is there a router/gateway to route traffic between the two IP
> networks?
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Will incoming voice traffic be VOIP?
Or will the provider(s) break out a T1 to analog voice and data.
Providers often do this for you in their interface.

As usual, more questions than answers.

John Novack

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