Setting up a smart voip system can be
pretty simple. If you're an individual user, just download the application and
install it on the platform of your choice whether it is a PC, a smartphone, or
a tablet. Under normal circumstances everything should proceed smoothly. smart voip software has
become smart enough to detect all kinds of network topologies and work its way
through them without impacting the end-user. Sometimes however this
configuration doesn't go smoothly and it can help to understand the various
reasons why a smart voip call
has failed.
By far the most common reason for the complete
failure of Smart voip calls is the inability of the client to tunnel
through a user's NAT firewall. These kinds of problems are difficult to resolve
without the help of the smart voip provider to whom you are
trying to connect. For example, if they use a STUN server for resolving the IP
of the client, contact them or look up the information on their website to find
out the address of the server. Depending on the complexity of your network
topology, further details may be required. As mentioned before, Smart
voip clients have come a long way towards resolving these problems by
themselves. It's only occasionally that they encounter hiccups.
Another problem that is specific to smart voip is the
question of the availability of bandwidth. In today's world, almost everyone
has an Internet connection that is more than sufficient to carry VoIP.
Broadband penetration in the US though lacking behind parts of the developed
world, is still good enough for Smart voip to be used reliably.
Problems occur however when you're sharing your Internet connection with a lot
of people or if another application is hogging the bandwidth in the background
- such as a P2P file download for example. The simple solution is to stop all
of those applications for the duration of the Smart voip call. A more
comprehensive plan would be to create a virtual LAN or a VLAN for dedicated Smart
voip traffic.
Another problem with Smart voip can be an
incorrect audio codec being used. Again, most of this is resolved automatically
between the two smart voip clients.
If you're using a closed Smart voip solutions such as Skype,
you will never have this issue. But when two diverse SIP clients communicate,
there is a possibility that there will be a problem with the selection of the
proper audio codec to use.
Unfortunately due to the large variety of Smart
voip connections, no two problems are the same. You can do a bit of
research to try and isolate and solve the problem. A simpler solution would be
simply to contact your SIP service provider and ask them for the precise
configuration details you need to enter into your smart voip client.
