Practical implementaion of wireless for office phones?

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Folks, imagine I have to provide IP phones to 30 people in a small office. Cisco 375048P PoE swich is in place, but has only 4 ports available (therefore I can't extend cables to every user for regular wired IP phones. Cisco access points are in place. Imagine Cisco VoIP is in place.

Can I take advantage of wireless phones for this? I am just wondering that if I deploy wireless phones for office users, people could walk away with phones if they are wireless? Do you have any model suitable to this scenario?

[Rob Huffman · Accepted solution]

Hi Marlon,

Cisco does offer this capability using the IP Phone 7921G. Practically speaking this is a interesting route to go. There would be a number of design considerations as detailed in the attached doc. I think it also may actually be cheaper to go with another PoE switch and "wired" IP Phones due the high cost of wireless phones :)

Design Principles for Voice Over WLAN

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/solutions/collateral/ns340/ns394/ns348/net_implementation_white_paper0900aecd804f1a46.html

Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7921G (with video)

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps7071/index.html

Hope this helps!

Rob