Experience with GIGABIT Adapter

[ALF13]

Does anyone have experience with the Avaya Gigabit Adapter for 46xx and 56xx IP Phones?

I want to install a couple of these Adapters.

What do I have to consider?

 

[gknight1]

nothing really, it is just a little box you place with whatever phone you would like to have a 1G switch port on

 

[ALF13]

We have a lot of trouble with these adapters.

Every few days we have to reboot the adapters.

Have somebody experience with this adapter?

 

[gknight1]

Why do you have to reboot them?

 

[ALF13]

The IP Traffic may not pass through the adapter.
The phones have no IP contact to the network. After the reset it works fine.

 

[gknight1]

Where do you have the adapter placed? Is it before the phone, or after the phone and before the computer?

 

[ALF13]

It is placed between the 1G switch and the phone.

 

[gknight1]

i am not sure off the top of my head, but isnt it supposed to go after the phone

 

[JayNEC]

No, because the phone will not pass though 1gb.

PC
it goes 1gb LAN Switch --> adapter <
Phone
the adapter is just a 3 port gig switch that uses POE and passes POE to the phone.