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  Asked: Mar 10 2008   8:53 PM GMT
  Asked by: VoIP Man

Desktop Wireless IP Phone


Wireless phones, Wireless, IP phones, Wireless networking

We are trying to get a desktop 7940 ip phone to work through a wireless bridge/switch that connects wirelessly to a cisco access point. I've checked with a couple of product vendors (Linksys) who told me that this was unsupported. They believe that it is possible but couldn't tell me how to set up their device. Any ideas? Thank you.

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Last Answered: Mar 10 2008  10:51 PM GMT  by Mrdenny




It's usually not recommended to run VoIP over wireless. 802.11 often drops the connection for a split second which will greatly impact your voice quality. At least my wireless does several times through out the day (my VPN connect drops for no reason).
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Buddyfarr  |   Mar 10 2008  11:17PM GMT

VoIP can be done over wireless but like Mrdenny said I wouldn’t advise it either. You would need a VERY reliable connection with less than 1% packet loss and less than 100ms of jitter. What problem are you having? is the sound cutting out? If so see if your system has a jitter buffer that you can adjust. If you can setup the wireless as a separate site then you can make adjustments to it without changing the rest of the phone system.