VOIP programs lagging my internet like crazy ?

Question

i didn't have this problem before, my internet seems to be lagging like CRAZY everytime im using VOIP programs such as Ventrilo, Skype, and AIM webcam. this didn't happen before...not this bad atleast webcam i can understand takes a bit more bandwidth but recently i reset my router and modem and now all VOIP programs lag the c**p out of me!! please help! any solutions!?

Answer 1

I use VoiP over my Linksys WRT54G router and it works pretty good.

I have my WRT54G set for QOS to give "highest priority" to the MAC address of both my VoIP ATA's as well as the router port used by the ATA's.

I recently installed a Logitec webcam for use with Skype.  And noted that I started sensing my PC was getting really sluggish.  I disconnected the webcam and that seemed to resolve the biggest cause of sluggishness.

If you have 4 users using the Intenet simultaneously, you may just be bottlenecking your ISP data pipe.  Setting QOS in the Router may help some with traffic priority control.