[Asterisk-Users] IP Phone with Standard Power Ethernet

[Michael J. Tubby B.Sc (Hons) G8TIC]

The statements about Cisco and PoE aren't strictly correct.

Cisco 7940 and 7960 phones without the "G" ("global") suffix used Cisco PoE 
and had their keys labled in local languages. The 7940G and 7960G "Global" 
phones are IEEE 802.3af PoE and have the keys engraved with icons and stick 
over labels.

Cisco PoE switches like the C3560-48-PS support both Cisco PoE and IEEE 
802.3af PoE automagically.

The Cisco 7912G supports IEEE 802.3af PoE and is a very nice singel line 
phone - I have about 8 dotted around the internet at various friends and 
family.

Mike




Hi,

OptiPoint 4x0/600 supports IEEE 802.3af.

--- chris gamble <chris.gamble at cpbinc.com> wrote:

> I am looking at phones for my asterisk system and
> seem to have a problem.
> The only Power over Ethernet phones I can find that
> support the IEEE
> standard are 3com. Cisco uses its own proprietary (
> and is expensive to
> boot ), snom has a different but equally non-IEEE
> method, and i'm havent
> found another phone that I'm confident can do the
> job for our office.
>
> Whats a good high quality ip phone that uses IEEE
> power over ethernet --
> or is there a problem with IEEE power over
> ethernet??
>