Philly Guy
join:2006-11-27 Philadelphia, PA
| Improving sound quality (Vonage / Linksys Router) I have two computers and a Vonage device hooked up to a Linksys BEFSR41 V3 wired router.
I do a lot of UL and DL, but when I do, sometimes Vonage sound quality suffers (we can hear them fine, but we sound garbled to them). I have to pause the UL/DL in this case, which sometimes takes up to 20 seconds before it improves the quality.
I was recommended to come here to find out what could be done. I was hoping there was a way to configure the router so that the port the Vonage adapter is hooked up to could have first priority at all times, and therefore when a phone is being used, the computers would have to share the remaining bandwidth. I have checked my configuration screen (Firmware Version: 1.04.17) but there is nothing about QoS.
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join:2002-03-19 USA | Re: Improving sound quality (Vonage / Linksys Router) The best way to resolve is to get a router with QOS. If you search this forum you should find a few. Linksys wrt54g v4 and down are probably highly recommended. Xycell(?), Trendnet(?), and Dlink all have some models that can handle QOS. | |
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 ejrobinson Premium join:2003-05-16 Miami Beach, FL | That model from linksys is very old and there have been problems with it. I'd get the wrt54gl, as another person has recommended.
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 |  stufried Premium join:2003-10-13 | Re: Improving sound quality (Vonage / Linksys Router) I use the wrt54gl with tomato firmware and love it. I was using dd-wrt which was far more powerful, but I was losing my registration more. Also, tomato has a great utility to determine who your bandwith is being used and reprovision the same. | |
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