Hi Vance -
I too am studying All Things VoIP, and I'm curious how this would work.
Say you have User A trying to call User B. User B is currently in the
office. So User A dials '1111' which is User B's phone number (or "route
pattern" if you want to be specific). CallManager picks up the route
pattern, looks up User B's location, and forwards the call on. All is good.
Now, say User B is telecommuting. How does CallManager know this? How
does your RAS (remote access) server notify CM that User B's geographical
location has moved? Is there something in User B's RAS (Registration,
Admission and Status) setup that alerts CM to the fact that they're dialing
in from home?
Thanks,
BJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Vance Krier"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 4:08 AM
Subject: Re: VoIP Clarification. [7:55682]
> Hey Stu,
>
> In simple terms, yes you are correct. However, as I'm sure you know, you
> need to take this type of setup with a grain of salt. If you have a
decent
> bandwidth, low latency, consistent connection between the phone and CM, it
> works fine. There's absolutely no guarantees for QoS on the Internet.
> Now, FWIW, I use softphone on my laptop when I travel and I've gotten
> satisfactory results (IMO) better than 75% of the time.
>
> I always pitch this as being a *kewl* feature, but never as a selling
point.
> I'm
> very, very cautious with customers over this. As long as the user
> using it is understanding and realizes there will be times when it doesn't
> work or the quality is really crappy, then typically they stay happy. Not
> something I'd give to Internet/computer/technology illiterate executive.
>
> I love it, by the way.
>
> Good luck,
> Vance
>
>
>
> ""Stuart Pittwood"" wrote in message
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> > Good Morning all,
> >
> > I am just starting to look into VoIP as I have been asked by my manager
to
> > do some research and find out if there are any benifits from VoIP for
our
> > firm.
> >
> > Am I right in saying that if we had a solution based on Cat 6000 (or
> > similar) switches, with a cisco VPN solution for the home workers, that
> > users who use their laptop at home with cisco softphone or hardware
phone
> > could have their telephone extenstion follow them?
> >
> > Please forgive the simplicity of my question, just making sure I am
> thinking
> > along the right lines.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Stu
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