Wl500g and IP Phone supremacy

[truthseeker]

hi...have some of you a solution to my problem? I have the Wl500g router with the firmware from asus, and i have an Ip phone box from my internet supplier, but the problem is that when the other computers conneted to the router is downloading and the phone rings, the phone is really poor in quality, because the phone box does not get the kb it needs. I have 512/512 Kbit line and the thing i was hoping you could help me with was a way to get the router to give the phone box the higheste priority or something?

[int]

hi...have some of you a solution to my problem? I have the Wl500g router with the firmware from asus, and i have an Ip phone box from my internet supplier, but the problem is that when the other computers conneted to the router is downloading and the phone rings, the phone is really poor in quality, because the phone box does not get the kb it needs. I have 512/512 Kbit line and the thing i was hoping you could help me with was a way to get the router to give the phone box the higheste priority or something?

Bandwidth Management and WMM support
Make your transmission much more Efficient!


Enable WMM on the advanced wireless page


WMM
This special feature controls bandwidth between the head-end (Access Point) and the client-end (computer), and users the option to decide if this feature should be enabled. Applications are sorted into four categories to which the amount of bandwidth is allocated accordingly. Users can now choose to prioritize programs and applications to ensure smooth operation as well as effective usage of resources.

http://www.asus.com.tw/products/communication/wireless/wl-500g/overview.htm

[dsf260]

I could be wrong here, but WMM (wireless multi-media) only works with wireless devices that support that protocol, so unless you are using a wireless VoIP hanset with this capability (they do exist), it's not going to be that helpful.

However, the bandwidth management should enable the same kind of functionality for wired devices (like the VoIP box), but unfortunately, Asus's implementation isn't really the greatest here. It is easy enough to set download bandwidth priorities, as they are linked to IP address, but uploading is a bit of a challenge, because they are linked to ports, not IP addresses.

Here's what you need to do in concept:

Install firmware 1.9.2.7 if you haven't already.

Ensure that your VoIP device is assigned a static IP address. Do this in the "Manually Assigned IP List" section of the IP Config:DHCP Server page. Don't forget to enable this functionality (listed above the "Manually...section). You will need to know the MAC address of the VoIP device; it's usually printed on the bottom of it.

Set up Bandwidth management application. As mentioned above, the download section is based on IP address--you should start with at least 100k to ensure good quality, but you will need to test this out to see what is right for your system--you may be able to go lower or higher.

The upload section is much more difficult--you will need to determine what ports your VoIP uses, and then list each one individually with a bandwidth allocation. I use Vonage, which uses ports 10000 through 20000--this many ports makes setting up the Bandwidth allocation infeasable. Your experience may differ.