VoIP and VPN via ADSL IPsec tunnel

Aragorn · 10-04-2001, 12:17 AM

It's ALIVE!!! Just finished installing at 2 office locations w/ ADSL, IPsec routers(Nortel Contivity), and Nortel BCM(Business Communications Manager) phone switches. Pretty slick! These 2 offices are 40 miles apart and the satellite office runs their Unix based medical app via the IPsec tunnel to the main office. Setup a 2nd tunnel to route all their VoIP(Voice over IP) traffic between the BCM's. The phones are standard digital sets too(not IP phones). They were paying for long distance between the 2 offices before. Not any more! Now all they have to do is dial the extension in the remote office and...VIOLA! Bye Bye long distance charges! Works flawlessly w/ minimal impact to bandwidth. Very nice solution for data and voice. They're also happy they don't have to pay for a T1 anymore. I'm happy. Just thought I'd share w/ my fellow IT geeks

**schrocat** · 10-04-2001, 01:22 PM

icemark · 10-04-2001, 03:09 PM

Cool...

Most people probably don't know half of what you said, but its very satisfying getting all that to work right, isn't it?

Aragorn · 10-04-2001, 03:19 PM

Yes it is very satisfying. I was initially concerned over the bandwidth(running apps AND voice concurrently) and latency of running VoIP over ADSL. Works great though. No echo, garbling, or cutouts. Certainly far better than having a conversation over cellular.

organicreefer · 10-04-2001, 10:38 PM

cool

10-04-2001, 12:17 AM	#1
Aragorn Governor Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Pine Grove, CA USA Posts: 2,064	VoIP and VPN via ADSL IPsec tunnel It's ALIVE!!! Just finished installing at 2 office locations w/ ADSL, IPsec routers(Nortel Contivity), and Nortel BCM(Business Communications Manager) phone switches. Pretty slick! These 2 offices are 40 miles apart and the satellite office runs their Unix based medical app via the IPsec tunnel to the main office. Setup a 2nd tunnel to route all their VoIP(Voice over IP) traffic between the BCM's. The phones are standard digital sets too(not IP phones). They were paying for long distance between the 2 offices before. Not any more! Now all they have to do is dial the extension in the remote office and...VIOLA! Bye Bye long distance charges! Works flawlessly w/ minimal impact to bandwidth. Very nice solution for data and voice. They're also happy they don't have to pay for a T1 anymore. I'm happy. Just thought I'd share w/ my fellow IT geeks __________________ "It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds."

10-04-2001, 01:22 PM	#2
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10-04-2001, 03:09 PM	#3
icemark Governor Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Rohnert Park, CA, USA Posts: 1,102	Cool... Most people probably don't know half of what you said, but its very satisfying getting all that to work right, isn't it? __________________ Play well Mark www.mazdamark.com

10-04-2001, 03:19 PM	#4
Aragorn Governor Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Pine Grove, CA USA Posts: 2,064	Yes it is very satisfying. I was initially concerned over the bandwidth(running apps AND voice concurrently) and latency of running VoIP over ADSL. Works great though. No echo, garbling, or cutouts. Certainly far better than having a conversation over cellular. __________________ "It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds."

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