<div dir="ltr">On 10 July 2013 22:50, Jason Irwin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jasonirwin73@gmail.com" target="_blank">jasonirwin73@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">As the subject says really. Or can they be attached via a switch to the<br>
router?<br>
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Eva has been told that her phone *must* be directly connected to the<br>
router, but I really can't think why and am wondering if I am missing<br>
something.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>It might be a lack of imagination on my part, but I can't imagine a (likely) reason. Usually "must be connected directly to the router" means "we're not troubleshooting all your intermediate network equipment, so if it ain't working, you'd best have tried it directly connected to the router".</div>
<div><br></div><div>Certainly at my old workplace, we had IP phones all over the shop, running off a variety of switches (some PoE, some not) and that was never a problem... So, there's nothing fundamental about the technology!</div>
<div><br></div><div>Good luck,</div><div><br></div><div>James </div></div></div></div>