cisci ip phone 7960, what are the first steps of configuration ???

What do you mean by 'stand-alone device'? How are you handling call-setup?

Jonathan

hello thanks for the answer. i wanna use the device as a sip phone without any other components, the phone should stand behind a dsl-router with the connection to the internet. is this possible ? greeting Randolf Balasus

Well, something is going to need to handle call-processing and setup. Usually this is a CallManager, Asterisk, or whatever.

The main point here is that the phone is really stupid. It doesn't even know to play dial-tone when the receiver is picked up, let alone how to get to a destination phone. Something needs to tell it to do that.

If you want to run SIP, that's fine, but a SIP server doesn't have a clue about how to tell a Cisco IP Phone to be a phone.

The simplest solution is CallManagerExpress running on a router, but the cheapest is definitely Asterisk, which runs on a Linux box.

Jonathan

ok i understand. i will set up a asterisk, i got linux servers in the environment, and the phone is a good looking device. greetings Randolf Balasus