What gives with the stupid stupid power system on the Polycom IP500 (I hope they changed it on the 501's). Anyway, does anyone know if you can get some type of joiner to connect two Cat5 cables together, and will this affect the call/signal quality because my Ethernet cable is longer than the dumb 11ft polycom supply (oh and their manual is the wrong about which end goes into the handset end...how bad is that). Cheers, Dean -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20050721/5795da7c/attachment.htm
Steve Ringwald
2005-Jul-21 16:26 UTC
[Asterisk-Users] cat 5 'joiner'? (polycom 500 problem)
What you are looking for is a cat5 coupler. Try searching with google, or going to a local electronics store. They shouldn't cost more than $5-10... Here is an example: http://www.la-cable.com/cat5_coupler.htm As far as signal quality, they shouldn't affect it *that* much, but they can introduce noise on a line versus a single cable of the desired length. Steve Dean Collins wrote:> What gives with the stupid stupid power system on the Polycom IP500 (I > hope they changed it on the 501?s). > > Anyway, does anyone know if you can get some type of joiner to connect > two Cat5 cables together, and will this affect the call/signal quality > because my Ethernet cable is longer than the dumb 11ft polycom supply > (oh and their manual is the wrong about which end goes into the > handset end?how bad is that). > > Cheers, > > Dean > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >Asterisk-Users mailing list >Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com >http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >
Dalberg, Stevin J
2005-Jul-21 16:34 UTC
[Asterisk-Users] cat 5 'joiner'? (polycom 500 problem)
any cat5 coupler should work. ________________________________ From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Dean Collins Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 3:18 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: [Asterisk-Users] cat 5 'joiner'? (polycom 500 problem) What gives with the stupid stupid power system on the Polycom IP500 (I hope they changed it on the 501's). Anyway, does anyone know if you can get some type of joiner to connect two Cat5 cables together, and will this affect the call/signal quality because my Ethernet cable is longer than the dumb 11ft polycom supply (oh and their manual is the wrong about which end goes into the handset end...how bad is that). Cheers, Dean -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20050721/5cf3485c/attachment.htm