VoIP Lab Addendum for B143 Lab

This document outlines changes you will need to make if you are working on VoIP labs in the B143 lab instead of the normal B144 lab.
It is not possible to do labs using the T1 connections in the B143 lab because the room does not have a PSTN simulator and the routers in B143 do not support voice T1 use. All other VoIP labs can be completed in B143 though.

General Pod Differences in B143

  1. The B143 lab uses Cisco 1941 routers instead of Cisco 2811 routers.

    • These routers are newer, but less powerful. Most notably instead of FastEthernet interfaces the 1941 routers have GigabitEthernet interfaces so Fa0/0 becomes Gi0/0 and Fa0/1 becomes Gi0/1. The 1941 routers in B143 also do not have voice T1 capabilitities so T1 labs can not be completed in B143.

  2. Not all switches in B143 support Power over Ethernet (PoE) which provides power to your VoIP phones. Only pods 3, 6, and 7 have PoE switches.

    • You will see these pods have 4 switches instead of 3. The 4th switch is a PoE switch, be sure to use the PoE switch for your phones.

  3. You will need to power on your pod equipment by using the power switch located above the top router on each pod.

    • Remember to erase your configurations and power off your pod equipment when you are done with the lab.

IP Addressing & Phone Extensions

In the B143 lab you will need to adjust the IP address of the Router 0/0 interface. Instead of 172.17.144.xx/24 you will use 172.17.143.xx/24

The chart below shows the changed addresses you should use

Pod Asterisk ens192 IP Pod Router Gi0/0 IP Phone Extension Range Classroom Switch Asterisk Port

Pod A

172.17.219.11/24

172.17.143.11/24

2100-2199

Gi1/0/31

Pod B

172.17.219.12/24

172.17.143.12/24

2200-2299

Gi1/0/32

Pod C

172.17.219.13/24

172.17.143.13/24

2300-2399

Gi1/0/33

Pod D

172.17.219.14/24

172.17.143.14/24

2400-2499

Gi1/0/34

Pod E

172.17.219.15/24

172.17.143.15/24

2500-2599

Gi1/0/35

Pod F

172.17.219.16/24

172.17.143.16/24

2600-2699

Gi1/0/36

Pod G

172.17.219.17/24

172.17.143.17/24

2700-2799

Gi1/0/37

Pod H

172.17.219.18/24

172.17.143.18/24

2800-2899

Gi1/0/38

Pod I

172.17.219.19/24

172.17.143.19/24

2900-2999

Gi1/0/39

Pod J

172.17.219.20/24

172.17.143.20/24

3000-3099

Gi1/0/40

There are no changes needed to your Asterisk server IP addresses or extension numbers to work in B143

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