Hi

Thanks for the breakdown

The IP phone will have a data and voice port. For the voice port, i am assuming there is something within the packet header which defines it as voice traffic and therefore it will be assigned to the voice vlan. But then shouldn't there be a config on the switch to say which VLAN should be used for voice based on the unique header code?

The data port will not have any VLAN header in the packets and therefore will default to the data VLAN.

The AP's that we use will need to be configured with the VLAN ID for each SSID which is also configured on the switch. When somebody connects to staff SSID, the AP specifies the VLAN ID for Staff in the packets and this passes through the switch and finally the router

Please can you answer regarding the voice traffic and confirm if the above is correct?


Thanks for your time

Matthew

Voice VLANs are separate. If the switch supports it then you will have a Voice VLAN option or when you create the VLAN it will be a tick box to say voice. (depending on the switch)
If its a cisco you assign the voice vlan to the ports the phones are in a bit like this

Switch(config)#interface range fa0/10-20
Switch(config-if-range)#switchport voice vlan 40