nitrobass24
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Hi all this is a little out of my area of expertise, so I am hoping you can provide some insight and direction.
Recently, I have not been traveling for work, which is great, but I dont have an office and taking all my call on my cell phone is a PITA. Most importantly its not that reliable and if I am running a conf call and my line drops, it will kill the call for everyone. Thus, the need for a land line.
I realize i could go to ATT, Vonage, etc. But what is the fun in that?
I would like to get one of the cool Cisco or Avaya phones for my home office.
What i have:
Two HA ESX boxes using shared storage, so i throw a PBX vm/CUCM on.
HP 181-24g (unmanaged mode right now)
Cat5e ran to my office
What I dont have:
VLANs setup for VOIP (do I need this for 1 phone?)
Phone Hardware
Phone Backend
Phone Service
I read some older threads that I could run CUCM without a license for a small setup, is this still true?
Also i dont know if this is possible on a "Home" budget, but my client has this feature where he is on a call on his cell phone and can pick it up on his desk and vice versa. If I have any feature request this is it.
I would really appreciate everyone's thoughts and insight on this matter.
Recently, I have not been traveling for work, which is great, but I dont have an office and taking all my call on my cell phone is a PITA. Most importantly its not that reliable and if I am running a conf call and my line drops, it will kill the call for everyone. Thus, the need for a land line.
I realize i could go to ATT, Vonage, etc. But what is the fun in that?
I would like to get one of the cool Cisco or Avaya phones for my home office.
What i have:
Two HA ESX boxes using shared storage, so i throw a PBX vm/CUCM on.
HP 181-24g (unmanaged mode right now)
Cat5e ran to my office
What I dont have:
VLANs setup for VOIP (do I need this for 1 phone?)
Phone Hardware
Phone Backend
Phone Service
I read some older threads that I could run CUCM without a license for a small setup, is this still true?
Also i dont know if this is possible on a "Home" budget, but my client has this feature where he is on a call on his cell phone and can pick it up on his desk and vice versa. If I have any feature request this is it.
I would really appreciate everyone's thoughts and insight on this matter.
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