Nortel Networks NN43001-504 - Manual (Page 58)

58 Planning
Layer 3 implementation
Where possible, simplify the number of subnets that are used for client
devices. Even in a Distributed Campus architecture, you can have a few
central subnets for clients. As a general rule, Nortel recommends that
wired or wireless IP phones be placed in a separate VLAN (subnet) from
data devices. This placement can be accomplished by providing one VLAN
(subnet) for all WLAN telephony devices, as shown in
Figure 9 "Single
telephony VLAN implementation" (page 58) . The data client VLAN design is
an abstraction (the best practice is to simplify). The WLAN data network
can have many client subnets, or one— that is unimportant in this context
because the focus is support of VoWLAN.
Figure 9
Single telephony VLAN implementation
Consolidating VoWLAN handsets into one VLAN (subnet) has a few
advantages. First, it allows the WLAN IP Telephony Manager 2245 design
to be greatly simplified. Instead of purchasing and deploying at least one
WLAN IP Telephony Manager 2245 per voice subnet, you can now install
one WLAN IP Telephony Manager 2245 for the single voice subnet. For
larger VoWLAN deployments, more WLAN IP Telephony Manager 2245s
may be required in that single subnet to support the number of calls;
however, fewer WLAN IP Telephony Manager 2245s are needed than in an
equivalent multisubnet deployment.
A second advantage is that external security measures are easier and
less costly to implement. It is common practice to put a telephony WLAN
behind a firewall for security reasons. This is because security features on
handsets, particularly authentication capabilities, tend to lag behind the
Nortel Communication Server 1000
WLAN IP Telephony Installation and Commissioning
NN43001-504 01.02 Standard
Release 5.0 15 June 2007
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