IP Phones for IP Office

[Hitman11]

I have 2 questions? How do you get IP phones to work on a ip office and does it matter what model IP phone you use with IP Office. Next is what is the advantage and disadvantage of using an IP phone versus just a regular digital phone? All help would be greatly appreciated.


Thank You

 

[intrigrant]

Avaya IP Office supports the folowing range of IP hardphones 4601, 4602, 4610, 4621, 5601, 5602, 5610 and 5620.
The only things you need extra on IP Office is a VCM Card and power sources for the IP hradphones.
If the VCM card is fitted then it's more or less plug and play.

Digital two-wire phones have :
Better sound quality
Do not suffer from network problems
cannot be more the 1 km from the IP Office

IP Phones:
Can be placed virtually at any place in the world
Can be moved around without recabling

IP telephony is ideal for remote locations but not for in-house telephony, then i preffer Digital Stations.

 

[bwilch]

Also, anytime you bring IP Phones into the picture, to get Avaya support, you have to have a network assessment done as well. Not necessarily expensive, but another cost none the less.

 

[Hitman11]

Thank you for all your help. It is greatly appreciated. Got it to work, but im sure I will be posting more questions. Thanks again