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Access your phone lines, features, and call sessions. Use the number that receives calls when call forward is enabled on the phone. Use the Self Care portal to set up more complicated call forward functions, for example, when your line is busy. You can customize some phone settings with the Self Care portal web site, which you access from your computer. The Self Care portal is part of your organization's Cisco Unified Communications Manager.
The following table describes changes to this book to support Firmware Release 12.5SR1. Updated for wallpaper support on key expansion modules. To make or receive a video call, you must use the Cisco IP Phone 8845, 8865, or 8865NR. The other phones in the Cisco IP Phone 8800 Series only support audio calls. I have a sip server at a friends house WAY far from me, and 3 other phones, a yealink & a sip app on my iphone. Setup should go smoothly for most users, but you may run into technical problems or other unexpected issues.
Secure the Phone with a Cable Lock
Allow you to easily access your phone applications, voice messages, corporate and personal directories, and calling features. When on a call, only you hear Voice Feedback so your privacy is assured. Voice Feedback is only available for English language users. If this feature is not available to you, then it is disabled on your phone.
Step 2 If you do not have the box, carefully wrap the phone with foam or bubble wrap to protect the camera. Display the QR code on your computer and hold the phone in front of the computer screen. Print the email with the QR code and hold the paper in front of the phone camera. If you are assigned to a phone, then the code is available on the Self Care Portal. But your administrator may have blocked you from viewing this information. You can connect to a Wi-Fi network with your Cisco IP Phone 8861 and 8865.
Using a Cisco VoIP phone at home
Now all of your outgoing calls are handled with the primary line unless you select another line. If you have calls on multiple lines, the calls are handled in sequence. When the last call ends, your phone reverts to the primary line.
Chinese users can configure a speed dial button from your phone, if you cannot access the Self Care Portal. Chinese input is based on the Pinyin input method, which is common to PCs and mobile phones in many Asian countries. Of course, the specific steps will vary depending on your setup—you might need to connect your existing phones to VoIP adapters or replace them with IP phones.
How do I connect my Cisco phone to my network?
Is attached to your phone, the back USB port cannot fast-charge the device. If you use a USB hub and remove the USB cable from the phone during an active call, your phone might restart. Wi-Fi connected and the number of bars indicates the signal strength. Navigation Cluster If a menu item has an index number, you can enter the index number with the keypad to select the item. The camera on your video phone is fragile and could break during transportation of the phone. Step 5 Insert the cable lock into the lock slot of your phone and release the locking button.
You can change the angle of the phone to eliminate glare on the screen. If your phone has a video camera, you can change the angle to improve the camera view. The following table describes changes to this book to support Firmware Release 11.0. The following table describes changes to this book to support Firmware Release 11.5.
New and Changed Information for Firmware Release 12.1(
Con is the additional bandwidth each call will consume due to IPSEC overhead (a G.711 call can take up to 100k of bandwidth). You are best configuring the phone in a region that uses G.729 - but ensure you have transcoding resources available. Cisco claims that a patch will be available in January 2023 but has not yet published any security upgrades to address this flaw. Cisco Discovery Protocol can be disabled on impacted IP Phone 7800 and 8800 Series devices by administrators.
Next, use the Ethernet cable included with your phone to connect the access port on the back of your phone to your desktop computer. Your Cisco IP Phone now shares a network connection with your computer. Companies that have Cisco Expressway will be able to bring Cisco 7800 and 8800 series phones home.
The end point at the home users place would simply need to be put behind a tunnel, with path back into the infrastructure.
Instead of the 6-pin RJ-11 phone connectors, VoIP phones plug into 8-pin RJ-45 jacks. These RJ numbers are not droid names but are actually the connectors your computer uses to connect to the internet. If you have a modem-router combo, just plug the phone line into the “Phone 1” or “Tel 1” port. Connect your router to your modem, then plug the phone line into the “Phone 1” or “Tel 1” port on your router. As long as you have a strong signal, there is no reason why you can’t make VoIP calls even without Wi-Fi. There are many more variables to take into account when you move away from Wi-Fi connections.
The documentation set for this product strives to use bias-free language. Learn more about how Cisco is using Inclusive Language. Your best bet is to get hold of a router/firewall that supports IPSEC LAN to LAN tunnels. For DSL modems, you must use an additional telephone cable to connect the DSL port to a wall jack.
Activation happens once for your phone, and connects the phone to the call control system. Your administrator gives you your sign-in and activation credentials. Also, we have a 100MB internet connection to the concentrator but the voice is still "cracking". Typically this is set a couple of places, one the VG needs to be made aware as well as callmanager.
Sign In to Your Extension from Another Phone
I find that the IP Communicator to work a little better and easier to administrator, rather than send 79xx phones home with people. With IPC, you can simply load it on the laptop or home PC, configure VPN software, and connect. With the 79xx, you will need to have a hardware VPN solution, unless you enable SIP on the 79xx series and create a SIP connection back to CCM.
