I have a bit of a confusing situation that I need help with. We are currently running a Definity v11 with all analog and digital cards. It's at a large high school that is going through a complete renovation. It's pretty much a nightmare right now. At some point we are going to be getting a new system, but management doesn't feel the need to tell me when.
Here's two of my problems. Next month they are moving a whole bunch of offices to one side of the building. (Yes. They gave me 2 weeks notice.)The problem is that there is no open wiring on the blocks to handle the new phone lines. Running a 50-pair back to the phone closet which will be gone in less than a year is too expensive. The other problem is that the new student wing will only have data lines so we have to go VoIP when that opens in December.
My plan is to get a VoIP card installed and start migrating to a VoIP system now at least for the new offices and classrooms. How easy is this to do? The bulk of our network does not have PoE as of now but that can be fixed since we will have to put new switches in. Also, most of the phones are the 6400 series. Will those work with VoIP or do I need to purchase all new phones?
Thanks for your help.
Here's two of my problems. Next month they are moving a whole bunch of offices to one side of the building. (Yes. They gave me 2 weeks notice.)The problem is that there is no open wiring on the blocks to handle the new phone lines. Running a 50-pair back to the phone closet which will be gone in less than a year is too expensive. The other problem is that the new student wing will only have data lines so we have to go VoIP when that opens in December.
My plan is to get a VoIP card installed and start migrating to a VoIP system now at least for the new offices and classrooms. How easy is this to do? The bulk of our network does not have PoE as of now but that can be fixed since we will have to put new switches in. Also, most of the phones are the 6400 series. Will those work with VoIP or do I need to purchase all new phones?
Thanks for your help.