I'm ordering some more phones - I have the Polycom IP 500's now and I like them. I need some less expensive phones, and I'd like to stay with all Polycoms for ease of administration. I've heard, though, that the IP 300's don't support PoE even though their brochures say they do. Has anybody have firsthand experience with them? Is this true? Thanks! Noah
Noah Miller wrote:> I'm ordering some more phones - I have the Polycom IP 500's now and I > like them. I need some less expensive phones, and I'd like to stay with > all Polycoms for ease of administration. I've heard, though, that the > IP 300's don't support PoE even though their brochures say they do. Has > anybody have firsthand experience with them? Is this true?None of the Polycom phones support PoE directly, but all of them support it via an external PoE adapter cable that Polycom makes available. It's about $40 retail, though.
On Wed, 17 Nov 2004, Noah Miller wrote:> I'm ordering some more phones - I have the Polycom IP 500's now and I > like them. I need some less expensive phones, and I'd like to stay > with all Polycoms for ease of administration. I've heard, though, that > the IP 300's don't support PoE even though their brochures say they do. > Has anybody have firsthand experience with them? Is this true?Yep. They have no onboard POE chip, hence the reduced cost. Polycom gets away saying they support POE by selling you at $40 cable that contains either a Cisco or 802.3af compliant dongle. -- Vice President of N2Net, a New Age Consulting Service, Inc. Company http://www.n2net.net Where everything clicks into place! KP-216-121-ST
> Kevin P. Fleming wrote > Noah Miller wrote: > > IP 300's don't support PoE even though their brochures say > they do. Has > > anybody have firsthand experience with them? Is this true? > > None of the Polycom phones support PoE directly, but all of > them support > it via an external PoE adapter cable that Polycom makes > available. It's > about $40 retail, though. >Close... The IP600s do support PoE directly. According to the PolyCom rep I spoke with, the new IP300s are shipping with the "accessory cable" which supports PoE. If that's true, then their brochure is right on. You may wish to have the reseller you are working with contact PolyCom and ask... That was the only way I was able to get in touch with PolyCom, and the way I was assured I would have the cables. If you're interested, I can let you know when they come in if they were indeed in the box.