Kevin Smith wrote: > Hi Robert, > > While I'm not sure how our network compares with yours, we run about > twenty 601 phones along with our office workstations (some stations are > without a phone). Each station with a phone is connected with the other > Ethernet port on the phone so we have one drop to each station. The > phones are on a separate VLAN from the rest of the network as well. > From the user end, I have not had a report of any problems with the > connections, call quality, etc. I would say give it a shot, maybe with a > larger network that could change, but for a small office like I'm in > charge of, it is working just fine.
The major issue with this is most pc's are now coming with gigabit ethernet connections. Going to gigabit speeds is such a huge improvement it's often worth the extra expense to add a second drop to each location. Profiles will load faster, Outlook-exchange interactions work much cleaner. When gigabit capable phones are more prevalent, this becomes a non-issue. Right now, there are very few gigabit phones and none that are affordable. > Robert McNaught wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Has anyone had any great difficulties with QoS using the second >> ethernet phone in these Polycom phones for desktop machines in a >> converged network? I had heard that these can cause difficulties when >> used in this manner. I have always tried to persuade customers to go >> with 2 ethernet drops per workstation to avoid having to use the phone >> as a switch. -- Darrick Hartman DJH Solutions, LLC http://www.djhsolutions.com _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
