Connecting a Polycom VVX 601 VoIP
Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2021 5:25 pm
I have an Ooma Telo in my house. It's connected by cat 6 to a switch which is connected to a straight up fiber-to-the-home Internet connection. I used to use a regular analog Polycom phone w/ my Ooma. But it's 20 years old and it was time to upgrade to a new phone.
I bought a Polycom 601 VVX business phone, confirming w/ Ooma technical support before I bought it that it will work with the Ooma VoIP service.
However, being an actual VoIP phone and not an analog phone, it uses a typical cat 5/6 ethernet cable rather than the narrower RJ11 cords traditional analog phones use. Ooma Telo's port accepts only the smaller traditional cord as well.
So...how do I get this connected?
Is this going to be as simple as plugging the phone into Ooma with an RJ11-to-RJ45 adapter? Will it configure automatically? What else should I expect here?
I bought a Polycom 601 VVX business phone, confirming w/ Ooma technical support before I bought it that it will work with the Ooma VoIP service.
However, being an actual VoIP phone and not an analog phone, it uses a typical cat 5/6 ethernet cable rather than the narrower RJ11 cords traditional analog phones use. Ooma Telo's port accepts only the smaller traditional cord as well.
So...how do I get this connected?
Is this going to be as simple as plugging the phone into Ooma with an RJ11-to-RJ45 adapter? Will it configure automatically? What else should I expect here?