Bellsouth migrated our incoming PRI today. It went very smoothly as we had already trained the users and tested the connections and features across the board. We did discover, after the fact, that Cisco model 1712 phones can only trunk our data vlan. Apparently they don't really "trunk" with multiple interfaces so that they can handle any number of streams. Ergo they won't relay voice data to a switch that has an ATA (analog tranceiver for faxes et al) attached.

Our options are to place powered switches at those locations, to actually trunk the vlans and service the little phones, or to replace the units with model 1761 phones which do actually trunk vlan information correctly. It's a small concern that affects three locations that people will have fax machines. They are status symbols after all. One person informed me last week that we needn't worry about connecting his to the system. It'll sit in the box until he has a real need for it, at least until we move into the new building (twelve to eighteen months) "just wanted to pick one up while we had money in the budget."

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