Hi, I'm stuck doing an install with Polycoms at a small office with no RJ-45. They went wireless 100%, poor them. I insist on using Polycom unless it's impossible because that's what I am standardized on for many reasons. What's the best way/device to turn a wired Polycom 501 (or any Polycom for that matter) into a WiFi phone? Mike -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20070427/f8000148/attachment.htm
On Fri, 27 Apr 2007, Mike wrote:> Hi, > > I'm stuck doing an install with Polycoms at a small office with no RJ-45. > They went wireless 100%, poor them. I insist on using Polycom unless it's > impossible because that's what I am standardized on for many reasons. > > What's the best way/device to turn a wired Polycom 501 (or any Polycom for > that matter) into a WiFi phone?I was going to suggest this: http://www.smartbridges.com/products/ap.asp but it's discontinued, and their replacement units are all outdoor type things as far as I can see - but that's the sort of thing you're after - essentially a WiFi client device with an Ethernet port on it. I know many cheap APs can be run in this mode, (often called client bridge mode, but it depends on the venduh) so it's worth while looking round for one that will sit on the desktop out of the way. You might want one with (eg) a 4-port ethernet switch which would then talk to 4 phones if they were in the same physical location (adjacent desks for exmaple) Sometimes the client bridges do funny things to forge the outgoing MAC address though - the smartbridges did which confused older versions of DHCP server, so that might be a consideration. Ah, a quick search reveals this: http://www.dlink.com/products/?sec=1&pid=292 I wasn't impressed with DLink Wi-Fi kit when I was using them in a community Wi-Fi broadband project some years ago, but maybe they've improved since. Gordon
Hi Mike, How close together are these phones? If you have a few clusters of them, you can use the Linksys WRT54G devices to act as wireless bridges (with some open source firmware - I use DD-WRT). Each device will give you 4 ports to plug into. It's not a particularly cost effective solution to provide one WRT54G per phone, but if they're clustered you could centralize one bridge and plug 4 phones into it. Alex On 4/27/07, Mike <list@virtutel.ca> wrote:> > Hi, > > I'm stuck doing an install with Polycoms at a small office with no RJ-45. > They went wireless 100%, poor them. I insist on using Polycom unless it's > impossible because that's what I am standardized on for many reasons. > > What's the best way/device to turn a wired Polycom 501 (or any Polycom for > that matter) into a WiFi phone? > > Mike > > > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > >-- Alex Robar alex.robar@gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20070427/42f88ada/attachment.htm
--Original Message Text--- From: Mike Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:24:05 -0400 Hi, I'm stuck doing an install with Polycoms at a small office with no RJ-45. They went wireless 100%, poor them. I insist on using Polycom unless it's impossible because that's what I am standardized on for many reasons. What's the best way/device to turn a wired Polycom 501 (or any Polycom for that matter) into a WiFi phone? Mike Linksys makes a device spcifically for this role so that their SPA series IP phones can be connected to WIFI. http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Product_C2&childpagename=US%2FLayout&cid=1139961537989&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper&lid=3798954250B11 This device take power from the phone via a simple coax plug on the phone. Could easily be powered externally with a wall wart. Michael -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20070427/3604c272/attachment.htm
If you are going to have clusters of phones like a cubicle setup, you could buy one of the Linksys routers like the WRT54G and setup WDS. Then plug four phones into it. Thanks, Steve Totaro http://www.asteriskhelpdesk.com KB3OPB> -----Original Message----- > From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users- > bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Nabeel Jafferali > Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 11:29 PM > To: 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion' > Subject: RE: [asterisk-users] Best Wireless bridge for Polycoms > > You can purchase the Linksys part PA100-NA and plug it into a WBP54Gand> then ignore the power connector hanging off the WBP54G. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com > > [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Mike > > Sent: April 27, 2007 3:00 PM > > To: 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion' > > Subject: RE: [asterisk-users] Best Wireless bridge for Polycoms > > > > Michael and all those who replied, > > > > This Linksys WBP54G does seems to be what I need, but it > > also seems very much made for Linksys phones. Isn't there > > some sort of equivalent thing that comes with it's own power > > supply (at the cost of needing another outlet for the phone)? > > > > Alternatively, where do I find an adapter for NA power that > > turns into 2V 5A DC current? > > > > Mike > > > > ________________________________ > > > > From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com > > [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of > > Michael Graves > > Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 13:45 > > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > > Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Best Wireless bridge for Polycoms > > > > > > --Original Message Text--- > > From: Mike > > Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:24:05 -0400 > > > > Hi, > > > > I'm stuck doing an install with Polycoms at a small office > > with no RJ-45. They went wireless 100%, poor them. I insist > > on using Polycom unless it's impossible because that's what I > > am standardized on for many reasons. > > > > What's the best way/device to turn a wired Polycom 501 (or > > any Polycom for that matter) into a WiFi phone? > > > > Mike > > > > > > Linksys makes a device spcifically for this role so that > > their SPA series IP phones can be connected to WIFI. > > > > http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Product_C2&childp > > agename=US%2FLayout&cid=1139961537989&pagename=Linksys%2FCommo > > n%2FVisitorWrapper&lid=3798954250B11 > > > > This device take power from the phone via a simple coax plug > > on the phone. Could easily be powered externally with a wall wart. > > > > Michael > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users