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 ...

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 ...

Acme Packet today announced that VoIP, Inc., a leading provider of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) communications solutions for service providers, resellers and consumers worldwide, has deployed ...

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, ...

Editor's note: This is the last of a three-part series on networking. The first part, which appeared in the June 13 issue of Federal Computer Week, focused on efforts to consolidate networks. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

Voice over Internet Protocol pioneers Skype, Vonage and other voice-communications purveyors have been quietly generating huge user bases online. Market analysts are reporting that VoIP services stand ...