Should the AV room equipment sit in its own VLAN or on the office network
A dedicated VLAN for AV devices is usually wise, it limits broadcast storm risk and gives you QoS control. But it must not be so strict that the update flow breaks.
Try this first
- 1Plan a dedicated VLAN for room systems, controllers and displays, not the same as guest WiFi or office clients.
- 2Allow outbound to Microsoft 365, Zoom or Google Meet endpoints and to vendor portals like Logitech Sync or Poly Lens.
- 3For calendar links, the AV VLAN must reach the right mailbox endpoints, otherwise One-Tap-Join breaks.
- 4Apply QoS to video traffic, EF for audio and AF41 for video is a common baseline on enterprise switches.
- 5Document which switch ports belong to which VLAN, otherwise cabling gets crossed during refits.
- 6Test for a few weeks under real load, monitor packet loss and jitter, not only ping.
When to bring us in
For multiple sites, Vectel can design a network policy that works uniformly across offices.
See also
- Remote people feel left out in hybrid meetings.Parity is not luck. Camera, mic and facilitation must treat remote attendees equally.
- Camera does not capture everyone around the table.Focal length, placement and auto-framing decide whether the whole table is visible.
- We want to show both the whiteboard and the people.A content camera on the board, a people camera on the table. Two streams.
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