Phones

[Guest]

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I just bought a few Cisco IP phones 7940 from an auction. I am curious
to know if there is a way i can set these up with out a service
provider and just use them as internal phones and have conversations
within the office. I am trying to see if I can do this.

Thank you
Anil

 

[radar]

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anil.vijay@gmail.com wrote:

> I just bought a few Cisco IP phones 7940 from an auction. I am curious
> to know if there is a way i can set these up with out a service
> provider and just use them as internal phones and have conversations
> within the office. I am trying to see if I can do this.
>
> Thank you
> Anil
>

Well, no. they're not analogue phones as you know so you would in
essence have to become your own service provider, create a server etc.
Anyway you have lots of reading ahead of you.

(by the way, they're actually pretty good phones).

 

[Paul]

Archived from groups: comp.dcom.voice-over-ip (More info?)

Locate a spare computer and download asterisk@home.
It has everything to get you started, you should be able to get your cisco
phones working even if you don't have the SIP firmware for them.
Make sure you read all the documentation

Good luck
-Paul

<anil.vijay@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> I just bought a few Cisco IP phones 7940 from an auction. I am curious
> to know if there is a way i can set these up with out a service
> provider and just use them as internal phones and have conversations
> within the office. I am trying to see if I can do this.
>
> Thank you
> Anil
>