From the course: Analyzing VoIP Traffic with Wireshark
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VoIP components - Wireshark Tutorial
From the course: Analyzing VoIP Traffic with Wireshark
VoIP components
- [Narrator] When using voice over IP, most systems have several necessary components that include terminals, applications, codecs, gateways, protocols and network operations. Terminals are the end devices that interface with the user and include soft phones and computers. A soft phone is a computer that looks like a phone. It allows you to make phone calls using voice over IP. It has a standard phone interface and handset and many have a digital or video interface for messages and presence information. If using a computer as a terminal, you'll need a headset or a microphone and a speaker. Gateways are devices that convert media streams from one set of communications standards to another by using two main functions, media and signal conversions. Gateways are essential when communicating in a complex network with the Public Switch Telephone Network, ISDN, fax machines and other networks. In order to transport streaming media such as telephony and video teleconference applications, over…
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