Installing Your Phone
Connecting Your Phone to the Computer Network
Cisco Small Business Pro IP Phone SPA525G (SIP) User Guide
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If you are using Power over Ethernet (PoE) to power the phone, the phone will
receive power when you connect an Ethernet cable from the phone’s WAN port to
a switch in your network that provides PoE. See the
”Connecting Your Phone to the
Wired Network” section on page 33
.
Connecting Your Phone to the Computer Network
Connecting Your Phone to the Wired Network
You connect your phone to the local network by using an Ethernet cable:
STEP 1
Plug the Ethernet cable into the back of the base station into the slot marked “SW.”
This port is labeled #4 on
Figure 1 on page 27
.
STEP 2
Plug the other end of the Ethernet cable into the appropriate device on your
network, such as a network switch.
Connecting Your Phone to the Wireless Network
NOTE
The PC port is not supported in wireless operation. The PC port is only supported
in a wired operation.
NOTE:
The SPA525G provides a second
Ethernet port. You can connect a PC to this port
to provide network access to the PC. This port
is labeled #3 in the
Cisco SPA525G IP Phone
Connections
graphic
.
This port cannot be used
when the phone is connected to the network
via the built-in Wireless-G client.
