asterisk users - Dec 2004 - Asterisk and Cisco 7905G or Cisco 7912G

Hi,

How well to the Cisco 7905G or Cisco 7912G phone work with Asterisk? Cisco
claims both phones do SIP.

I was strongly considering Polycom phones. However, it appears to be quite
difficult to obtain support or firmware for Polycom phones. On the other
hand, I find Cisco is very well supported.

Thanks,
Adi

On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 11:14:00 -0600, Adi Linden <adil@adis.on.ca>
wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> How well to the Cisco 7905G or Cisco 7912G phone work with Asterisk? Cisco
> claims both phones do SIP.
Both phones support SIP.

I can't speak for the 7912G, but I have several 7905G phones and these
work perfectly with Asterisk.
> I was strongly considering Polycom phones. However, it appears to be quite
> difficult to obtain support or firmware for Polycom phones. On the other
> hand, I find Cisco is very well supported.
The firmware is easy to obtain if you have a Cisco support agreement -
it's downloadable from CCO (the 7905G and 7912G have different
firmware builds, but a similar configuration process - be aware of
that).

-Shaun