asterisk users - Oct 2007 - polycom ip330/ip501 second ethernet port

Hi,

Has anyone had any great difficulties with QoS using the second ethernet
phone in these Polycom phones for desktop machines in a converged
network?  I had heard that these can cause difficulties when used in
this manner.  I have always tried to persuade customers to go with 2
ethernet drops per workstation to avoid having to use the phone as a
switch.

I apologize for this question not being directly related to asterisk,
but since Polycom phones are used a lot with asterisk, it seems a good
place to post ;-)

Robert McNaught
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Hi Robert,

While I'm not sure how our network compares with yours, we run about 
twenty 601 phones along with our office workstations (some stations are 
without a phone). Each station with a phone is connected with the other 
Ethernet port on the phone so we have one drop to each station. The 
phones are on a separate VLAN from the rest of the network as well.  
 From the user end, I have not had a report of any problems with the 
connections, call quality, etc. I would say give it a shot, maybe with a 
larger network that could change, but for a small office like I'm in 
charge of, it is working just fine.

Kevin

Robert McNaught wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Has anyone had any great difficulties with QoS using the second 
> ethernet phone in these Polycom phones for desktop machines in a 
> converged network?  I had heard that these can cause difficulties when 
> used in this manner.  I have always tried to persuade customers to go 
> with 2 ethernet drops per workstation to avoid having to use the phone 
> as a switch.
>
> I apologize for this question not being directly related to asterisk, 
> but since Polycom phones are used a lot with asterisk, it seems a good 
> place to post ;-)
>
> Robert McNaught
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