A straightforward approach to troubleshooting VoIP that can be applied to video as well. VoIP is particularly sensitive to packet loss, and determining the cause of the packet loss can be difficult.

Here at Spring 2005 VON, I've been meeting with a lot of testing companies that help enterprises build and run their VoIP networks. To a person, they maintain that latency and dropped packets are two ...

In Part 1 of this article, we laid out the throughput and delay problems that can occur in a wireless LAN (WLAN). Now, in Part 2, we'll further the discussion by looking at the impact of throughput ...

Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News reporter in 2004, covering cellphone services, broadband, citywide Wi-Fi, the Net neutrality debate and the consolidation of the phone companies. As Internet ...

Vendors would have you believe you need to spend thousands of dollars on protocol analyzer software to troubleshoot Voice over IP (VoIP) networks. After all, voice quality suffers if packets are late, ...

The successful deployment of VoIP (voice over Internet Protocol) over future 4G networks will determine the technology's sustainability, according to a Maravedis report. The research firm said in its ...

Not only did the skyline of New York City change on September 11th, but the landscape of our sense of security changed as well. The question of how best to protect our infrastructure is a hot topic of ...

Happiness is expectations minus reality. So, what should one expect when testing VoIP on a software-define WAN solution? The expectation in the branch is to get even better performance and security ...

If you’re a smart businessperson (and if you read Small Business Computing, you undoubtedly are), you’re always looking for new ways to maximize efficiency and minimize costs. One of the ways you may ...