[asterisk-users] Changing labels on Phones

[Warren Selby]

Which models of cisco phones (i.e 79x0, 79x1, 79x2, etc).  And what do you
mean by "VLAN issue".

Thanks,
--Warren Selby

On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 7:41 PM, Leif Madsen
<leif.madsen at asteriskdocs.org>wrote:

> Julian Lyndon-Smith wrote:
> > We have several types of phones, Cisco 79xx, Aastra 9133i etc. We have a
> > "hotdesk" type system where anyone can log on to an extension - however
> > what I would love to do is relabel the phone with the current "owner"
> > when this logon happens. I know that I can change the sip.conf and
> > phones tftp file, however this is a big problem with the Cisco's as they
> > take *forever* (ok, maybe 2 / 3 minutes) to reboot (VLAN problem)
> >
> > 1) Has anyone actually solved this VLAN issue with the cisco ?
> > 2) Is there any way of changing a label without rebooting the phone ?
>
> I don't believe these is a way to change the label without rebooting the
> phone.
>
> However, changing the label is probably not really the right way to go
> about
> this. For example, I have created an Asterisk system for a call centre that
> uses
> hot desking with Polycom phones, and those phones then use the built in web
> browser with an auto-refresh rate that contacts a website (internal) that
> runs a
> PHP script that returns the currently logged in person.
>
> This is done via a database and using Asterisk realtime for the
> registrations so
> the information is available to the PHP script. There is likely a similar
> web
> browser in the Cisco and the Aastra that can use this same type of
> approach.
>
> Leif!
>
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Thanks,
--Warren Selby
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