Avaya IP Office - Wireless?

[TheMikeh]

Hi,

Right, got a bit of a dilemma here but I basically need to network an office of 30 computers and 8 servers wirelessly for a period of 12 months due to restrictions on the building and structured cable (listed building etc)

I have 1x Avaya IP Office 406
I have 30x Avaya 5602SW IP handsets
I have 30x workstations (none have wifi cards)
I have 6x laptops each with 'stock' wifi onboard
I have 8x servers connected via a single gigabit switch

Now the office is approx 15m x 22m and is pretty much square

Has anyone had any experience making the handsets used on an Avaya IP Office 406 system wireless? Making the computers a wireless network is a fairly straight forward task to achieve as long as the correct AP's etc are chosen, however the Avaya system is the problem.

Currently out connection goes

AVAYA ---> POESWITCH ---> RJ45FLOOR ---> PHONE ---> COMPUTER

Can I adjust this to a wireless config? has anyone ever done this?

Kind Regards
Mike

 

[cmnstr]

Mike,

It will be a little pricey, but it can be done. I have 5610 telephones connected to a wireless network. You will need wireless bridges to make this happen. I did it with a Linksys WRT54G v3 router with the open source "Tomato" firmware loaded to turn the Linksys from a wireless router to a wireless bridge. This will allow you to use all 4 ports to connect wired devices such as telephones and computers.

 

[TheMikeh]

Does the Linksys WRT54G provide POE? or does this introduce another issue? for example would I need to take the ethernet from the WRT54G and then put this into a POE and then into the phones etc?

 

[cmnstr]

The Linksys does not provide POE. You should be able to plug a PoE switch into the Linksys to provide power to the devices. My setup uses the 1151D1 power supply for the telephones but I do not see a reason why the PoE configuration would not work.

 

[Pepp77]

Im fairly certain the Linksys will not do POE - so you would have to run either a POE switch between the Linksys and the phone - or use the power bricks between the phone and the Linksys.

 

[TheMikeh]

So in essence im basically looking at producing 'mini' networks on each 'pod' of desks and then using wireless 'bridges' to fill in the gaps?

What worries me is would 4x phones and 4x computers run from one single linksys bridge without bandwidth/data issues?

 

[kholladay]

LOL!!! Sure TheMikeh, and hundreds of butterflies will pour mini pitchers of beer into my mouth.

Kyle Holladay
ACA-I, ACA Call Center, ACS-I, ACS-M, TIA-CTP, MCP/MCTS Exchange 2007
ACE Implement: IP Office

"Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is the probable reason why so few engage in it." - Henry Ford

 

[cmnstr]

Yes, you would be setting up mini networks with the bridges. Bandwidth issues could be a concern here but IP phones only use 64K per call and the Tomato firmware has some QoS settings you can use to prioritize your voice traffic.

 

[TheMikeh]

Only 64k per call? that's great, for some reason I had a higher figure in my head on that one! May I ask which AP's you would recommend for use with the linksys?

And kholladay? I really dont understand your post, sarcasm? hmm

 

[kholladay]

Just having one of those days.

Kyle Holladay
ACA-I, ACA Call Center, ACS-I, ACS-M, TIA-CTP, MCP/MCTS Exchange 2007
ACE Implement: IP Office

"Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is the probable reason why so few engage in it." - Henry Ford

 

[amriddle01]

It's more like 80k with overheads, but that's still not much.

ACS - IP Office Implement

"I'm just off to Hartlepool to buy some exploding trousers

 

[cmnstr]

It really should not matter which AP you use. My current config is a Netgear FVG318 wireless router with the standard firmware and the Linksys WRT54Gv3 with Tomato firmware in bridge mode. I know quite a few people using the WRT54G as a bridge with many different models of routers and AP's and they all work fine.

 

[amriddle01]

kyle.....I think you've lost it

ACS - IP Office Implement

"I'm just off to Hartlepool to buy some exploding trousers

 

[kholladay]

I'd really prefer not to find it right away either.

Kyle Holladay
ACA-I, ACA Call Center, ACS-I, ACS-M, TIA-CTP, MCP/MCTS Exchange 2007
ACE Implement: IP Office

"Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is the probable reason why so few engage in it." - Henry Ford

 

[fshaw]

Just forward each user to their cell for 12 months. They only have the two appearance buttons on 5602's.

Or use internal twinning from the 5602 to analog phones. Get a Phone 30 module and 30 single line cordless phones.

Either should reduce the implementation time.

Good luck,
Frank

Frank Robertshaw
The Phone Guy
Nashville, TN