Hi Michael, i run several 7960 and 7940 on our network, and they run smooth and without any complications.
you will have to upgrade them using the SIP firmware from Cisco (i use versions 7.4 and 7.5 at the moment), you can download them from Cisco's Homepage but you will need a CCO account with a contract for that (or grab then via the e*onkey network, search for "P0S3", 0 is "zero", not the letter "O"!!!). You should use SIP on the phone that supports many more features of Asterisk's SIP channel than any other implementation. all is well documented on the wiki on how to upgrade the phone but unfortunately you will have to spend some time in setting up your asterisk and the TFTP-configs for the phone to get it working properly. some links i used in the most early state of getting them to work: http://www.voip-info.org/tiki-index.php?page=Setup%20SiP%20on%207940%20- %207960 http://www.it4u2.com/asterisk2.htm http://www.voip-info.org/tiki-index.php?page=Asterisk+phone+cisco+79xx once you upgraded your phone to SIP firmware, which is the most tricky part of the work, the configuration of Asterisk should be done in a few hours for a newbie to Asterisk. Hope this helps! Regards, Roland -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Felder Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 3:00 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Cisco 7960 on Asterisk? Hello, I am just building my first Asterisk server. Looking for a couple of good quality ip phones. I like the Cisco 7960, are they easy to configure to work with Asterisk? What are the alternatives, with a good speaker phone, and simple clean and stylish look like the Cisco? I appreciate your advice. Kind regards Michael Felder IT Medic Australia Pty. Ltd. P: 03 9557 2213 F: 03 9557 2214 M: 0419 568 217 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ITMedic.com.au Keeping your computer systems healthy. _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
