Someone a lot smarter than I did the intelligent work - i.e. the call plan and the server configuration. I was one of the warm bodies corralled to do installation of the desk sets.
Some idle thoughts. ( Mr. RFC 1149 Compliant is free to laugh loudly at me and make denigrating comments :-> ) 1) there is no glamour in deploying IP phones. About the only difference between deploying a phone and deploying a computer is that phones are a LOT lighter. However, when deploying phones it's still doubly difficult because you end up having to string the PC cable over to the phone ( to get the in line power ) and then the phone cable back to the PC. 2) I was too old for this kind of work 10 years ago, and I'm definitely too old now. My knees hurt. My back huts. And my head hurts. You folks who crawl around under desks and benches to set things up and cable them know exactly how hard those upper surfaces can be ;-> 3) doing this kind of work during business hours is not a real good idea. It was taking neighborhood 15 minutes per station to get a phone deployed. No I did not have the luxury of setting up several phones in an area. Had to do it one at a time because of the physical layouts and the user requirements. 4) I was overjoyed to finally figure out that it is a lot faster if some low level ( me ) plugged lots of phones directly into a switch, let them go through their download and upgrade shenanigans, then hand them out to a couple of folks to deploy. If this is done in advance, the process takes only a minute or two to register and go through TAPS In conclusion, IP telephony intelligence is all in the server, gateway, and router configuration. The phone deployment itself is still monkeywork. -- www.chuckslongroad.info Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=56305&t=56305 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
