Phone stuck in Configuring IP

No, the nortel phones you have are digital. Cisco is an IP system (not very good either)

I don't think you are not supposed to actually enter 123456789, but the IP address or mask you want it to use.

it would appear your phone is not getting an address from your DHCP server, i would start by plugging in a laptop to see if that gets an ip address

Hope this helps

Hi,
please go to the given link:-

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/routers/access/as5400/hardware/installation/guide/54chmem.html#wp1003383

and follow the steps.
i hope this will be helpfull to you.

goodluck.............

Hi,

the reason for this would be that it is not getting it's config from the CallManager (or CME router).

The steps in a phone booting up something like this:
1) DHCP for IP Address, and Option 150 for TFTP Server
2) TFTP to address provided by DHCP Option 150
3) Get config file, a(an upgrade of firmware may occur at this point)
4) Connect to Call Manager/CME as specified in config file

First check DHCP server to see if it is allocating an address to the MAC address of the phone
Second confirm if DHCP is providing Option 150 and that is the IP Address of the TFTP Server (typically one of your Call Managers)
Third check that the phone is correctly configured on CCM/CME. A common error at this stage is that the phone is configured with the wrong model type.

Call back if you get to that stage and are still having problems.

Cheers, Simmo99.

what are you trying to connect this to? cme

Hi,

Has this just stopped working, or has it never been working?

On the call manager / CME the MWI (Message Waiting Indicator) needs to be configured. This could be undertaken either via the GUI or from the CLI

For instance ...

ephone-dn 30
number 8000...
mwi on
!
!
ephone-dn 31
number 8001...
mwi off

and also mapped to each phone to enable MWI status

ephone-dn 1 dual-line
number 111
label Chris
name fred
call-forward busy 800
call-forward noan 800 timeout 10
huntstop channel
mwi-type visual

Complete config details are at:http://www.ciscosystems.com/en/US/docs/voice_ip_comm/cucme/command/reference/cme_m1ht.html#wp1018439

If this helps pls leave feedback

Here are the instructions for configuring these units for 3cx

http://www.3cx.com/sip-phones/cisco-7940.html

http://www.3cx.com/sip-phones/polycom-soundpoint.html

Since the 3cx softphone worked well, I don't see why you couldn't configure each as for 3cx and make them work as well.

Give me your number, and i'll call you! Solved! =-D

This phone can be access through a menu/ setting buttons.

Useful link on how to navigate through the phone:
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/779/largeent/avvid/products/7940/7940_topic3.htm
I think the main problem is to determine the intergrated router or Call manager configuration
You can also connect on switch and type:show cpd neighbor This will show the physical port connections