I'm not sure if it would be really practical to have a built in switch (although useful) within the phones. You really don't want your phone worrying too much about switching other ethernet frames whilst a call is in progress, you will probably then run in to queueing problems as you need to ensure your voice frames get priority.
Even with the Cisco 79xx phones, you get significantly degraded performance on the PC side 100bT interface, most likely due to the lack of switching power. We found in our office enviroment that users soon began complaining of slower network connections and so we ended up reverting back to dedicated switch ports for the phones. Adam -----Original Message----- From: Andrew Kohlsmith To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 22/10/03 04:18 Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Quick summary of Grandstream survey results > 100MB-ports 4 The list looks great but I just want to make mention of this one specifically -- Putting an El-Crappo 100mbit switch in there isn't going to do any better than what the BudgetTone 102 does now -- if they are going to do this, please please please encourage them to put a QUALITY switch in there (one that can sustain 100mbps) -- no use in even trying if it's going to degrade the network connection to the computer and make me install dual wiring anyway... Thank you for taking the time to post the list and gather up responses... These are decent phones and could go a LONG way with a few adjustments. Regards, Andrew _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users ********* DISCLAIMER ********* This message and any attachment are confidential and may be privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure and may include proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please telephone or email the sender and delete this message and any attachment from your system. If you are not the intended recipient you must not copy this message or attachment or disclose the contents to any other person _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
