Patent ID: 8295178

Claim:
A configuration method for read-only voice over internet protocol (VOIP) nodes, comprising: monitoring a VOIP network to determine performance of the nodes; collecting and storing performance data from the nodes, wherein the performance data is collected from internet protocol (IP) service level agreement (SLA) tests comprising transferring synthetic data between the nodes and calculating performance measures for the transfer of the synthetic data; presenting monitoring results based on the calculated performance measures to a user, wherein the monitoring results comprises an identification of misconfigured or faulty nodes based upon predefined criteria; and providing information to a user and guiding the user through a process of configuring the identified misconfigured or faulty nodes using the provided information, wherein the providing of the information to the user comprises providing recommendations for appropriate IP SLA operation numbers and IP SLA configuration attributes, wherein the performance data comprises the nodes involved in the IP SLA tests, details regarding the synthetic data to be transferred and measurements to be calculated, and a duration of the IP SLA tests, wherein the SLA comprises default communication change configuration values between the nodes, wherein the synthetic data comprises false data.