It all depends on your system (VoIP, phone, and switch). Our call center could only afford lower-end Polycom phones, so the internal switch is 100 Mbps. Our database team finds this frustrating because it throttles what should have been a Gb connection. However, the phones that support Gb cost 3 times as much.
Rebooting these phones does not break the connection to the PC. However, on occasions, the phone will "hang". The phone lights up big-time (all the LEDs of all colors are steadily lit), and that situation does cut off the PC connection. (Our newer Polycoms have not hung this way - yet.) On the other hand, we frequently do a soft phone reboot to clear up some VoIP issues, and that does not affect the PC connection. But again, it all depends on your VoIP system, your phone, and your switch. Check these things out when shopping for the VoIP system! -- richard From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Melvin Backus Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2015 6:56 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] vlan on single port Yes, it's possible. I don't recommend it however. There are a couple of common issues they will run into if they piggy back things. When the phone resets (for any reason) you'll lose network connectivity on the PC. In some cases we see it actually cause a PC reboot which I've yet to understand, but it can be reproduced. On some (most?) phone sets, the network port is 100MB instead of GB, so you may end up restricting network throughput by doing this. Some phones have GB ports, normally the higher end ones, and that will obviously be equipment specific, but it's something to watch for. -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't. From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of J- P Sent: Tuesday, March 3, 2015 6:11 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [NTSysADM] vlan on single port Hi all i have a client that is setting up a new office with voip and naturally I'm recomending seperate drops and a seperate switch (small office < 30 users) ,however , as most clients, they dont want spend anymore money than they have to, so they want to piggy back the computers to the phones ethernet port . Is it possible to vlan off the same drop/port ? The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals® (ASPCA®) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof.
