[Asterisk-Users] Polycom 500, asterisk user opinions?

[Kevin P. Fleming]

Noah Miller wrote:

> This is correct - the IP 600 has a built-in PoE chip to do 802.3af with 
> any vanilla ethernet cable.  The IP 300 and 500 models do not have this 
> chip, so they require special cables (the chip is built into the 
> cable).  I just got a shipment of 19 (18 IP500's and 1 IP300) of them 
> drop-shipped directly from Polycom, and they did not come with 802.3af 
> cables.  They only came with a special ethernet injector cable for using 
> an AC adaptor wall plug.

I'd be happy to see IP300s starting to arrive with that cable; all the 
ones we've gotten to date just come with the power supply cube and it 
had to be plugged directly into the phone. If they _at least_ came with 
the same injector cable that the IP500s do that would a major 
improvement IMO.