Phone - PC connect if no power to phone?

[gwebster]

If I have a phone with either local power or PoE and the power fails, would the PC connected through the internal switch still have connectivity?

 

[DEADbyWEDNESDAY]

just test it. here i test it. i be right back

I believe no. no poe, no switch.

one moment

 

[pndscm]

No. There would be no power to the switch inside the phone.

 

[gwebster]

Customer had heard that it worked. Just tried with 7911G, 7961G-GE, and 7970G. Nope.

 

[pndscm]

The PC will work if the phone is not registered but not if the phone is not powered. Used to be that the phone had to be registered.