Comments on: Skype Dual-Mode Phone Setup http://gazguzla.com/skype-dual-mode-phone-setup/ Home Network FAQ Sun, 19 Dec 2010 14:19:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: scottb http://gazguzla.com/skype-dual-mode-phone-setup/comment-page-1/#comment-83 scottb Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:04:52 +0000 http://007consulting.com/it/skype-dual-mode-phone-setup/#comment-83 Ian, What model Netgear router do you have, need to know, and does that model allow QoS? Ian,
What model Netgear router do you have, need to know, and does that model allow QoS?

]]> By: ian http://gazguzla.com/skype-dual-mode-phone-setup/comment-page-1/#comment-82 ian Tue, 03 Feb 2009 21:44:48 +0000 http://007consulting.com/it/skype-dual-mode-phone-setup/#comment-82 hello i have the phone sph phone and a netgear router that has been badged by sky (so not sure of model). I am experiencing as you say a bad time when making calls when i or my wife is busy ont eh internet, missing words etc fromt eh other person while speaking. I called sky and they said they can only help with the braodband connection side of things and netgera told me to send the phone back and get another one (and that was netgear tech support tonight !). Can you help in anyway, i can email snap shots of the screens i have access to. Many Thanks hello
i have the phone sph phone and a netgear router that has been badged by sky (so not sure of model). I am experiencing as you say a bad time when making calls when i or my wife is busy ont eh internet, missing words etc fromt eh other person while speaking. I called sky and they said they can only help with the braodband connection side of things and netgera told me to send the phone back and get another one (and that was netgear tech support tonight !). Can you help in anyway, i can email snap shots of the screens i have access to.

Many Thanks

]]> By: scottb http://gazguzla.com/skype-dual-mode-phone-setup/comment-page-1/#comment-76 scottb Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:21:02 +0000 http://007consulting.com/it/skype-dual-mode-phone-setup/#comment-76 I use the Netgear SPH200D as my home phone. I have several computers that hog bandwidth at different times. 90% of the time its perfect. There will be times where the performance is not so good, like the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, where both the local broadband network and Skype (where ever the actual server is located in the world) did not perform too well. I had scratches and data sounds while talking that weekend, now they are gone. Before I say that's not enough outbound bandwidth for a Skype Dual Mode Phone to operate properly, I need to ask more questions. There may be other variables that are impacting your performance. 1) Just to be clear, its the same phone I'm using? If its a WiFi phone forget it. I returned mine. Some day he technology will be there, but not yet. 2) Your trying to share 600k outbound with 20 to 30 users? What type of connection do you have? 600k is a DSL type number. How did you arrive at the outbound number? I have a broadband connection, which has similar characteristics of a large network, meaning that my ISP claims 16mb in/2mb out throughput, but depending how many users are on the segment near my house at a given time, I have seen that number lower and higher, so I set QoS to the lower worst case. 3) You opened the default port on the router for the phone via trigger or port forwarding? 4) You and gave the MAC of the phone the highest priority, moved it to the top of the list, and are not using any L7 packet filtering? (L7 packet filtering changes bandwidth priorities scheme) I use the Netgear SPH200D as my home phone. I have several computers that hog bandwidth at different times. 90% of the time its perfect. There will be times where the performance is not so good, like the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, where both the local broadband network and Skype (where ever the actual server is located in the world) did not perform too well. I had scratches and data sounds while talking that weekend, now they are gone.

Before I say that’s not enough outbound bandwidth for a Skype Dual Mode Phone to operate properly, I need to ask more questions. There may be other variables that are impacting your performance.

1) Just to be clear, its the same phone I’m using? If its a WiFi phone forget it. I returned mine. Some day he technology will be there, but not yet.

2) Your trying to share 600k outbound with 20 to 30 users? What type of connection do you have? 600k is a DSL type number. How did you arrive at the outbound number? I have a broadband connection, which has similar characteristics of a large network, meaning that my ISP claims 16mb in/2mb out throughput, but depending how many users are on the segment near my house at a given time, I have seen that number lower and higher, so I set QoS to the lower worst case.

3) You opened the default port on the router for the phone via trigger or port forwarding?

4) You and gave the MAC of the phone the highest priority, moved it to the top of the list, and are not using any L7 packet filtering? (L7 packet filtering changes bandwidth priorities scheme)

]]> By: jay joffe http://gazguzla.com/skype-dual-mode-phone-setup/comment-page-1/#comment-75 jay joffe Mon, 08 Dec 2008 20:46:42 +0000 http://007consulting.com/it/skype-dual-mode-phone-setup/#comment-75 I have networks that share one 10mbps/600kbps connection among 20 to 30 users. I use tomato qos, no inbound qos. I can give skype the priority, but it works like crap. Your advice is just what I tried before seeing your advice. It makes things worse. Even when the network is calm, it works like crap. I even tried a socks proxy to another router that had it's own internet gateway to itself. It still worked like crap. How much traffic was your connection managing when this worked for you? I have networks that share one 10mbps/600kbps connection among 20 to 30 users. I use tomato qos, no inbound qos.

I can give skype the priority, but it works like crap. Your advice is just what I tried before seeing your advice. It makes things worse. Even when the network is calm, it works like crap. I even tried a socks proxy to another router that had it’s own internet gateway to itself. It still worked like crap. How much traffic was your connection managing when this worked for you?

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