Resolving Known Issues - Cisco 7960 Administration Manual

Chapter 7 Troubleshooting the Cisco IP Phone
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Resolving Known Issues

Table 7-2 Cisco IP Phone Troubleshooting
Summary
Daisy-chaining IP phones
Poor quality when calling digital cell
phones using the G.729 protocol
Prolonged broadcast storms cause IP
phones to re-register
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To verify the MAC address on the phone, see the
section on page 5-3.
Power cycle the phone.
Refer to the following tables for troubleshooting some common issues that might
occur on you Cisco IP Phones:
Table 7-2 describes restrictions or other known troubleshooting suggestions
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for the Cisco IP Phone models 7960, 7940 and 7910.
Table 7-3 describes restrictions or other known troubleshooting suggestions
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for the Cisco IP Phone 7914 Expansion Module.
Explanation
Do not connect an IP phone to another IP phone through the
access port. Each IP phone should directly connect to a switch
port. If you connect IP phones together in a line
(daisy-chaining), a problem with one phone can affect all
subsequent phones in the line. Also, all phones on the line share
bandwidth.
In Cisco CallManager, you can configure the network to use the
G.729 protocol (the default is G.711). When using G.729, calls
between an IP phone and a digital cellular phone will have poor
voice quality. Use G.729 only when absolutely necessary.
Prolonged broadcast storms (lasting several minutes) on the
voice VLAN cause the IP phones to re-register with another
Cisco CallManager server.
Resolving Known Issues
"Verifying Network Settings"
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