Network load sharing and load balancing in most cases are both good things to have on a data network, but how does this effect your voice newtork?

Before rolling out VoIP on your highly redundant data network, you need to make sure your load sharing does not allow voice packets to take different routes to target and cause packets to arrive out of order. These out of order packets are discarded by VoIP systems and this sequence of events can cause high level of jitter and constant call quality issues. So if you have constant call quality issues, capture some voice packets to see if some device is trying to be too “intelligent” and trying to load balance/share to accomodate high bandwidth usage.