[Asterisk-Users] Receptionist Phones (was 3Com Phones)

[Daniel Hazelbaker]

	Thanks for all the comments on the 3Com phones.  Thankfully, there  
is a large number of phones out there to dig through looking for the  
right solution.

	What I have not been able to find, after spending all weekend  
looking, is a good solution for an attendant console.  We have 2  
receptionists that need to be able to view all 60+ phones (we could  
probably weed it down a bit if we had to, but would like to be able  
to cover all the phones) and see who is on the phone already.  I  
would like to avoid a software solution as those tend to be confusing  
and hard for non-computer savvy people to deal with.  I have seen  
that the polycom setup (601+sidecar) works but only for up to 7 phones.

	Does anybody have a recommendation for a solution for this?  I find  
it hard to believe that nobody makes a compatible phone (or add-on)  
that is compatible with Asterisk.  It seems like such a common thing.

Daniel Hazelbaker