[Asterisk-Users] Cisco 79xx series IP phones

[Shawn Parker]

Thanks for the responses, everyone.

One problem a colleague and I discussed moments ago is the system may 
preform "better" if we're using a Layer 3 switch.  Which I would like 
anyway, but isn't very cost effective for an office with 10 phones and 5 
workstations.  A L3 switch would be almost half, if not more, the total 
cost of the project build.  I guess it also depends on the amount of 
traffic and calls made from the office.  But, other than the 4 sales 
people, I don't imagine the office having a high volume of traffic in 
and out.  It is a small publishing house not a call center or support 
company.  The most they use the phone system for, other than selling 
ads, is talking to each other and calling writers.

Cheers,



Joshua M. Thompson wrote:

>On Fri, 2004-08-13 at 11:31 -0500, Shawn Parker wrote:
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>>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?
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>The sales guy is just trying to sell you more Cisco hardware. I have
>7910s, 7940s and 7960s at my house all running just fine on a Linksys
>24-port fast ethernet switch with zero problems.
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Shawn Parker
Network Administrator
Cumulus Broadcasting, LLC.
Columbia-Jefferson City, Missouri
1.573.449.4141
shawn.parker at cumulus.com