[Asterisk-Users] Cisco 79xx series IP phones

[steveb at asbc.demon.co.uk]

Shawn,

Just to back Brian up. I totally agree with his comments. I guess where they
are coming from, but, what they are saying is total rubbish. They work
superbly with asterisk. There can be QoS issues with cheaper switches, this
can affect all any real-time media, maybe they do not want the association
being made woth the Cisco phone.

Best regards

Steve Beaumont

-----Original Message-----
From:	asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Brian D'Arcy
Sent:	13 August 2004 17:43
To:	asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
Subject:	RE: [Asterisk-Users] Cisco 79xx series IP phones

Shawn,

That's a complete load of manure.  I have an office full of 7960's, they
work great with asterisk with the SIP images loaded.  I'm about to pick
up a lot of 7912's (simple one line phones, same as the 7905 but it has
a built in switch).  These phones have also been confirmed to work with
Asterisk.

I would recommend not going directly to cisco, and just find a reseller
who can offer you the phones preloaded with SIP images, or the phones +
the smartnet contracts so you can get the images and firmware from cisco
yourself!

I've tried a *lot* of phones with Asterisk, and thus far, the Cisco's
are by far the best I've used.

Brian D'Arcy


-----Original Message-----
From: asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Shawn Parker
Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 9:31 AM
To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Cisco 79xx series IP phones

I got a call from our Cisco rep today saying that they couldn't sell
just phones to anyone because if "my ethernet isn't to exact spec..."
then they won't work at all.  I've read over the Wiki documentation and
it seems that the 79xx series phones work with Asterisk.  They told me
that without a Cisco phone system in place or a Cisco router or switch,
then the ethernet wouldn't work with the phones.  Is this true, or is it

someone just trying to sell me a Cisco system?

I don't see how my use of a Planet or Netgear switch would alter the
spec of my ethernet to cause a IP phone to fail.  Seems far fetched to
me.  I've never had any other problems mixing Cisco equipment with other

product lines.

Does anyone have any knowledge or experience to give me dealing with
Cisco 7902G and 7905G IP phones and getting them to work on a lan with
Asterisk when *not* using other Cisco hardware?

Cheers,

Shawn
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