I'm not discounting that the connectivity comments arent good - but I was surprised to hear that a network connectivity drop/reset would trigger a PC reboot. I want to take note of any phone that can cause that.
-- Espi On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 7:28 AM, Michael B. Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > Melvin's comments are good ones. I do know that higher-end Cisco and > PolyCom phones don't have those restrictions. > > > > "phone reset" causes loss of network connectivity for the PC - this is > because of a PORT reset on the switch. Make sure the port is specified as a > client port ("portfast" on Cisco) so that the port doesn't participate in > STP calculations. At least, this was true in my experience, your mileage > may vary. > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Melvin Backus > *Sent:* Thursday, March 5, 2015 7:01 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [NTSysADM] vlan on single port > > > > Mitel. Specifically the 5312 units. > > > > -- > There are 10 kinds of people in the world... > those who understand binary and those who don't. > > > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *Micheal Espinola Jr > *Sent:* Wednesday, March 4, 2015 9:03 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [NTSysADM] vlan on single port > > > > Melvin, which brand of voip phones did you have this issue with? > > > -- > Espi > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 4:55 AM, Melvin Backus <[email protected]> > wrote: > > 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]] *On Behalf Of *J- P > *Sent:* Tuesday, March 3, 2015 6:11 PM > *To:* [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 ? > > >
