09-18-2020 07:27 PM
I'm thinking of buying the Cisco CP-8865-K9 IP Video Phone to use at home.
I have a wireless router connected to a Charter Spectrum modem.
Is there some way I can use this phone at home?
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09-18-2020 08:54 PM
I hope you already have a CUCM setup. 8865 can be connected to network using WIFI instead of lan cable. when using WIFI, you need to consider the Power cube as you are not powering it up using POE.
Connecting your mobile with 8865 is possible with Bluetooth. you can make and receive ur mobile call from Desk phone.
But if you are planning to use 8865 just like a normal phone(like Alcatel, Panasonic, etc) which we buy from shops, its not going to work like that.
09-18-2020 07:44 PM
Yes and no.
Cisco Enterprise phones with Enterprise firmware are (extremely) "challenging" to configure outside Cisco CUCM solution. It can be done but it is difficult.
Please note I said "Enterprise firmware". Cisco has a different SKU for phone(s), like the 88XX, to run a different firmware called 3PCC/MPP. This is a lot easier to configure to let the phone connect to your VoIP provider. But still you need to know a few stuff beforehand.
Let us know how you want to proceed.
09-18-2020 08:00 PM
09-18-2020 08:07 PM
Cisco phones and Apple's Facetime are not compatible.
11-07-2021 04:53 AM - edited 11-07-2021 04:59 AM
How difficult is difficult? I just got an 8865 through a third party with no information on how to activate. Before I bought it, I called Cisco sales and they told me I have to buy it from a company like CDW and then I can use it for home. So I ordered one through eBay. Yup, I did that.
I got this phone because I already use one for working at home and love the clarity. I also got it because my mother, who is 83, has a hard time understanding people on the phones that are on the market as the sound quality really sucks. Sounds like the Peanuts teacher wah wha wha. Anyway, is it possible to figure this phone for Home use or should I just eBay back out?
If not, the salesperson should have been honest and told me no.
11-07-2021 06:06 PM
Phones will work but it will depend entirely on different factors.
12-16-2021 05:50 AM - edited 12-16-2021 06:15 AM
Here is the bottom of my phone. I don't see MPP nor do I see that it's an 8865NR. So I'm hoping this can be converted. What am I missing. Thanks.
12-16-2021 01:49 PM
@s_galev wrote:
How difficult is difficult?
Getting a Cisco-branded phone to integrate to a non-Cisco branded call manager, with Enterprise image, can be done but it will require some work. For obvious reasons, the process is not documented by Cisco.
An easy way out, however, is to convert the phone's firmware from Enterprise image to 3PCC/MPP firmware and the catch is there will be an associated cost involved.
12-16-2021 09:05 PM
Thanks. Can you send me more information on cost and how I would go about getting it done?
12-16-2021 09:51 PM
@s_galev wrote:
Thanks. Can you send me more information on cost and how I would go about getting it done?
09-18-2020 07:45 PM
are you trying to set up small Voice lab? if so, you need Call Manager (CUCM) or CME on a router like 2800s or 2900s and having PoE switch would be nice but not necessary.
09-18-2020 08:54 PM
I hope you already have a CUCM setup. 8865 can be connected to network using WIFI instead of lan cable. when using WIFI, you need to consider the Power cube as you are not powering it up using POE.
Connecting your mobile with 8865 is possible with Bluetooth. you can make and receive ur mobile call from Desk phone.
But if you are planning to use 8865 just like a normal phone(like Alcatel, Panasonic, etc) which we buy from shops, its not going to work like that.
09-19-2020 08:36 AM
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