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3. Specify the upstream and downstream bandwidth of your WAN link
4. Enter the WAN Downstream Bandwidth in Kbps.
5. Enter the WAN Upstream Bandwidth in Kbps.
Optionally enable priority IP addresses
VoIP traffic from devices that use the VoIP ALG function (phones, video
stations, softphones on Pcs, etc.) are already marked as high priority and do
not need to be manually configured in this list. This list is used to prioritize
voice traffic from trunk interfaces of IP PBXs or other high priority devices that
do not use the VoIP ALG function of the 4350.
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Enter the IP address of other high priority devices in the priority IP
Addresses box.
You can enter individual IP addresses or a range using by appending a
“-“character to the last octet. For example, 10.10.10.2-5 would specify
10.10.10.2, 10.10.10.3, 10.10.10.4 and 10.10.10.5 as voice devices.
Enable CAC
The 4350 uses CAC to limit the number of active voice calls over the WAN link.
This is necessary because a typical installation uses a ratio of 1:2 or 1:4 active
voice calls to voice devices on the assumption that 50% or 25% of all users are
on the phone at the same time. These ratios are guidelines only and at times
the number of concurrent calls may exceed the amount of WAN bandwidth
available to process the calls. In this instance existing phone calls will
experience poor quality or be dropped all together. To prevent this from
occurring a typical voice installation will set a threshold for the maximum
number of concurrent voice calls supported by the WAN access link. New call
requests in excess of this threshold will receive the equivalent of a “fast busy”
and the WAN link will not become oversubscribed.
For IP Centrex installations the maximum number of concurrent voice calls is
usually configured in the 4350 by enabling CAC. When the 4350 is deployed
in IP PBX applications the maximum number of concurrent calls could be
configured in the IP PBX. If the PBX is responsible for this setting you do not
need to configure CAC in the 4350. Please check with your IT administrator to
determine if this is the case.
Note
For FT1/T1/E1 links the upstream and downstream bandwidths will always be the
same value (the link is full-duplex).
Warning
Care must be taken to ensure that the IP addresses entered do not include data
devices such as PCs or workstations. Traffic from these devices will be placed in
the priority voice queue internal to the 4350 and burst up to full line rate. This will
starve actual voice devices by consuming priority bandwidth and result in dropped
calls, busy signals & poor voice quality.