subject: How to Use a VLAN for Awesome VoIP Packet Prioritization [print this page] How to Use a VLAN for Awesome VoIP Packet Prioritization
For successful implementation of business VoIP services like Hosted PBX and Hosted VoIP, prioritization of voice packets out to the Internet is crucial. Of the two methods for establishing voice priority, VLANs require some extra hardware (managed Ethernet Switches) and a extra programming. However, they can do a superior job by including call signaling in the prioritization queues and excluding any non-mission critical traffic.
