Set up Your Network for VoIP

Before installing Voice-over-IP (VoIP), it is important to verify that there is adequate Internet bandwidth to support it, a properly configured Quality of Service (QoS) router for call quality, and a battery backup to protect you from power outages.

  • Bandwidth: Determine how much bandwidth you need for your VoIP in your network. Your network must have sufficient capacity to carry the VoIP traffic.
  • Router: 8x8 recommends the use of a router with QoS capabilities to prioritize delay-sensitive voice and video traffic. A high-quality router increases your call quality.
  • Quality of Service: QoS can have a significant impact on the audio (and video) quality of your VoIP phone system.
  • Power outage: VoIP fails when the power goes out. A battery backup system and a power-over-Ethernet switch can save you during power failure.

8x8 Top 10 Network Implementation Best Practices

8x8 provides the following best practices for implementing or troubleshooting your 8x8 service. These suggestions are for all sizes of networks and number of customers. Some may not apply to smaller deployments.

8x8 Network Utility

This is a useful utility to check your network configuration and check your connection quality. Please refer to the links below for more information. You can contact your 8x8 engineer to get license keys to use this utility. To install the utility, go to the 8x8 Network Utility download page. To learn more, please refer to our Network Utility and Diagnostics user guide.

FAQ

Refer to the following frequently-asked questions for more information: