[cisco-voip] vg224 vs vg248

[Justin Steinberg]

I use the VG248 for both SMDI voicemail integration with a legacy
Octel system and also for misc. analog access for fax, modem, etc.

The VG248 registers each port individually with the CallManager as a
Cisco phone type 'Cisco VGC Phone' and thus uses SCCP signalling.  So
you lose some flexibility that an IOS gateway would provide.

However, the VG248 does support fax relay and passthrough, and I've
had no problem with these gateways as long as they are configured
correctly.

The only issue I've had with them is that every once in a while I have
issues with the power supply failing - which causes the (single) Fast
Ethernet interface to bounce between full/half duplex.  The power
supply is built in and therefore the entire unit must be replaced.  My
VG248s are a couple years old so maybe the new units don't have this
issue.

Justin

On 4/10/06, Ortiz, Carlos <CORTIZ at broward.org> wrote:
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> I had limited experience with the VG248 back in 2002.  Had some issues with
> it back then but I would assume they have long been resolved.  We currently
> have 2 VG224's in place and the best thing about them is that they look and
> feel like the routers (IOS). Makes for easy configuration (MGCP).  As far as
> I remember the VG248's were menu driven.  If you have good experience with
> the 248's and need that type of density, I'm I can't give you a compelling
> reason to change……
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> Carlos
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> Just wondering what people's opinions are on the two analog gateways (vg248
> vs vg224). I'm proposing a project that requires 128 ports (perhaps more)
> and we only have experience (mostly good) with the vg248. I'd rather keep
> our inventory similar so I'm leaning towards them rather than starting a new
> with vg224s.
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> Also, in the configuration guide, there is an option for IPSEC software. Do
> I need this?
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