Post Views: 306 This is a frequently asked question, especially from folks who troubleshoot fax in VoIP networks. Until today, I would have said “I have never seen it. That does not mean it can’t be done.” I also would have admitted that it is above my pay grade. But that all changed today. I […]
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Post Views: 366 Let’s say you are a CO Tech/Engineer or an enterprise network engineer that works with Voice over IP (VoIP). Let’s further say that there are issues with one or more users so you have done a bunch of packet captures, perhaps even used Wireshark’s Ring Buffer capability, and now you want to
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Post Views: 2,619 Here are several VoIP troubleshooting checklists and tools, organized by focus area to help quickly identify and resolve common issues. These checklists are especially useful for IT admins, NOC teams, and VoIP engineers. Are they “the bees knees” of troubleshooting VoIP? No. In fact, if you have feedback or comments on improving
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Post Views: 2,232 PJSIP is a free, open-source multimedia communication library written in C that is used for troubleshooting VoIP. PJSIP implements standard-based protocols such as SIP, SDP, RTP, STUN, TURN, and ICE, targeting VoIP (Voice over IP) applications, including SIP signaling and media handling. You will find the project at github here. What Is
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Post Views: 2,479 This article discusses what SIP pings are, and how to use them in troubleshooting VoIP (Voice over IP) networking. A SIP ping in VoIP is a diagnostic method used to check the availability and responsiveness of a SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) server or endpoint. It’s similar in concept to an ICMP ping,
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Post Views: 6,481 When testing the Internet, there are several key tools we use in troubleshooting: one of them is ping. To verify a particular IP address is operational we “ping 192.168.0.1” from the command line to see if we get an answer back, letting us know that the system we are pinging and the
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Post Views: 2,289 Let’s start with some simple definitions of these protocols and how they work together. In Voice over IP (VoIP) to PSTN (telephone) network integration, MGCP and C15 can work together as part of a layered signaling architecture that bridges IP-based call control with traditional PSTN switching systems. Here’s how they fit and
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Post Views: 1,815 Hi everyone! Happy Thanksgiving 2021. Just released – Wireshark 3.6.0!!! Why is this important to me, you, and everyone who troubleshoots Voice traffic using Wireshark? Well, there are many changes to the voice related functionality in Wireshark in this (actually as part of the development 3.5.0 – you can read more on
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Post Views: 59,705 Check out these great references as well: Our custom profiles repository for Wireshark Our Udemy course on Wireshark Our Udemy course on Wireless Packet capture Hi Everyone! If you are like me, you use Wireshark every day. For me that means troubleshooting many different network applications and traffic types, including Voice traffic
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