Voice VLAN

• A Voice VLAN is a dedicated VLAN for voice-traffic
• Configuration
  • An Access port on a Switch will be assigned its Data VLAN and its Voice VLAN
  • At the client's desk, a VoIP Phone will be plugged in to the wall port, and the client's computer will be plugged into the phone
  • The phone will function as a switch, tagging its own traffic for with the appropriate 802.1Q tag, and forward data traffic to and from the computer.
    • The switch may be configured to strip the QoS/CoS flags from the phone, or to trust them

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OSI or TCP/IP Layer

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