[Serusers] newbie question

[Dimitri Georganas]

Dave,

Thanks, will do. I think I used the g711 codec indeed. Question remains: 
is the voice traffic actually routed through the SER server or is it 
going point to point from one user to another?


Thanks
DImitri

Dave Bath wrote:

>What codecs are you using? By default xlite will use G711 which is a
>64kbps + overheads codec.  If you have a congested line this may well be
>unsustainable.  As far as I know, Skype uses a much lower rate codec by
>default.  Try switching to something like GSM in xlite and rerun the
>tests.
>
>Dave
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: serusers-bounces at iptel.org [mailto:serusers-bounces at lists.iptel.org] On
>Behalf Of Dimitri Georganas
>Sent: 19 August 2004 06:38
>To: serusers at lists.iptel.org
>Subject: [Serusers] newbie question
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>I did a test last week:
>
>setup: 2 computers on separate locations, on both installed: Skype and 
>XTen's free sip phone: x-lite, 1 SERr server on a third location
>Linksys WRT54g router on one location, Cisco SOHO78 on the others. No
>QoS.
>
>test: voice connection with skype between the two computers: perfect 
>quality
>
>
>test2 voice connection with x-lite between the two computers: After 
>authorizing both computers on the third server,
>the established connection showed terrible quality...long silence during
>
>phonecalls.
>
>First I thought that the actual x-klite/sip voice traffic is routed 
>through the server and since the server was heavily loaded and the 
>router didn't have QoS, the bad quality was explainable. Later I heard 
>that the actual voice traffic is not routed through the ser server, but 
>goes directly from one computer through the other.
>
>Now if the latter is true, how can one explain the quality difference 
>between skype and x-lite/sip ?
>
>Thanks in advance for your answers.
>
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