I have a Dlink DGL-4500 router and I am trying to determine the best way to set it up to give priority to vonage phone calls.
Currently I have the vonage V-portal and i have it set up like this...
Roadrunner modem goes into a 4 port gigabit switch.
port 1 of the gigabit switch feeds the vonage v-portal/
port 2 of the gigabit switch feeds the DGL-4500 which feeds my home network.
the problem with this setup is that since my DGL-4500 is unaware of the "upstream" v-portal, whenever i am doing something bandwidth intensive like download torrents or something, my vonage call quality suffers greatly.
So I am thinking if i run the roadrunner modem directly into the DGL-4500 (removing the 4 port gigabit switch), and then plug the v-portal into one of the ports on the DGL 4500 so its "downstream", then I can use the DGL-4500 to give top priority to my vonage calls so that the call quality doesn't suffer when i am downloading torrents or using other bandwidth intensive apps on my home networks.
so with that said, if i set it up this way, will the DGL-4500 automatically prioritize the vonage calls or do i need to change the config to make this happen? if i need to change the config, how do I go about that? what settings do I need to change?
I appreciate any help you could provide.
Currently I have the vonage V-portal and i have it set up like this...
Roadrunner modem goes into a 4 port gigabit switch.
port 1 of the gigabit switch feeds the vonage v-portal/
port 2 of the gigabit switch feeds the DGL-4500 which feeds my home network.
the problem with this setup is that since my DGL-4500 is unaware of the "upstream" v-portal, whenever i am doing something bandwidth intensive like download torrents or something, my vonage call quality suffers greatly.
So I am thinking if i run the roadrunner modem directly into the DGL-4500 (removing the 4 port gigabit switch), and then plug the v-portal into one of the ports on the DGL 4500 so its "downstream", then I can use the DGL-4500 to give top priority to my vonage calls so that the call quality doesn't suffer when i am downloading torrents or using other bandwidth intensive apps on my home networks.
so with that said, if i set it up this way, will the DGL-4500 automatically prioritize the vonage calls or do i need to change the config to make this happen? if i need to change the config, how do I go about that? what settings do I need to change?
I appreciate any help you could provide.