Dale Fredrikson
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Hi. I've been using piaf since it was aah, and I love it, but in all that time I've never been able to figure out which router(s) work best with VOIP.
I've searched the NGs, and either I stink at researching or there just isn't much discussion out there about this topic.
If I'm going to use piaf in a SOHO environment, what do I really want in a router? And which router(s) have it?
Here's a list (no particular order) of the features which I've identified as being important:
I know Ward once recommended the dLink WBR-2310 as being cheap and voip-friendly. I actually have one of those. But it doesn't have QoS. So, how much does that really matter?
Or, how about the new open-source firmwares that are out there now? DD-WRT or MIMO, for instance?
Any comments would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Dale
I've searched the NGs, and either I stink at researching or there just isn't much discussion out there about this topic.
If I'm going to use piaf in a SOHO environment, what do I really want in a router? And which router(s) have it?
Here's a list (no particular order) of the features which I've identified as being important:
- Port-forwarding ranges
- Loopback port forwarding
- QoS
- DHCP reservation list
- Just plain VOIP-friendly (obviously, some routers are better than others)
- Stable, reliable
- In addition, I want the router to be wireless-enabled with a good strong radio, because I'm using some wifi phones, as well as some softphones on laptops.
I know Ward once recommended the dLink WBR-2310 as being cheap and voip-friendly. I actually have one of those. But it doesn't have QoS. So, how much does that really matter?
Or, how about the new open-source firmwares that are out there now? DD-WRT or MIMO, for instance?
Any comments would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Dale