An easier route is to have the vendor upgrade to SIP (usually for an
additional charge. I've seen from $5 to $30) That way you don't have
to get a contract, you don't have to find the files, and you don't
have to fiddle with the firmware to get it to work. I have done both,
and I think that
much discusions in this forum about phone recommendation
seems that favorites are cisco, polycom, sipura, snom, uniden and zultys
(alphabetical order ;-)
I like vendor independace and maximum interoberability, so polycom,
cisco/sipura are not my favorites, also talking to zultys can't be
di
Hi Michael,
i run several 7960 and 7940 on our network, and they run smooth
and without any complications.
you will have to upgrade them using the SIP firmware from Cisco
(i use versions 7.4 and 7.5 at the moment), you can download them
from Cisco's Homepage but you will need a CCO account with a
Michael,
The Cisco phones are excellent. However, configuring your first one
will be a bit of a learning curve, but your second, third, etc. will
be relatively easy. You may want to consider the 7940 as well,
considering that it is cheaper, and that you most likely will not
need 6 line ap
