[Asterisk-Users] SIPTone II and PoE

[George Gardiner]

In reply to my own e-mail, I've had a very quick and helpful response from IPDialog, as follows:

"The current model SipTone(TM) II  phone supports POE using PowerDsine's capacitive detection method, not 802.3af.  The SipTone(TM) II phones may be powered from a PowerDsine 60xx midspan power injector.

A new phone model, the SipTone(TM) III model, will become available in June 2005, and that model will support 802.3af.  Here is some preliminary information about the new model:
http://www.ipdialog.com/others/ipDialogSipToneIIIFeatures.pdf
http://www.ipdialog.com/others/ipDialogSipToneIIISpecs.pdf"
 

On Mon, 4 Apr 2005 21:05:47 +0100, George Gardiner wrote:
>
> I've just purchased a Netgear FS108P switch which has PoE (802.3af
> standard) on 4 ports.  According to some websites the SipTone II
> supposedly is compliant with 802.3af - IPDialog just says that it
> supports power over ethernet.
>
> Powerdsine list the SipTone II as 802.3af as well.
>
> Can I get it to power up via just the ethernet cable - no way!
> Either my new Netgear switch is faulty or the SipTone II utilises
> another PoE standard (but not 802.3af).
>
> Has anyone any experience of PoE and the SipTone II?
>
> Regards,
> George
>