Set up wireless LAN from your Cisco IP 8800 Series Multiplatform Phone-Webex

It’s possible that you’ll require the ability to disconnect the conference phone from the wired network connection while still maintaining your connection. This article can be used by administrators of networks to install these phones in a wireless local area network environment.

Establish a wireless LAN connection using the phone.

Wireless LAN connections are only supported by the Cisco IP Phone 8861 and 8865 models.

Make sure that the phone is not linked to Ethernet in any way. It must be powered by a separate power supply.

It is advised that users of Wi-Fi utilize a roaming strategy that is both quick and secure.

See the Cisco IP Phone 8800 Wireless LAN Deployment Guide for more in-depth information regarding the configuration of your device.

The information below is included in the Cisco IP Phone 8800 Wireless LAN Deployment Guide as configuration details:

• Establishing a wireless network configuration
• The Cisco IP Phone supports configuration of a wireless network.

1.   Get the Applications in the Press.

2.   Go to the Network configuration menu and select Wi-Fi configuration.

3.   Make your selection for the Wi-Fi Type, and then press the Select button to choose between WLAN and WPS.

4.  Click the Scan button on the Wi-Fi Profile screen to retrieve a list of the SSIDs of the available wireless networks.

• You have the option of stopping the scan process by clicking the Cancel button.
• If your phone is linked to an SSID, then the SSID will be marked with a checkmark and appear at the very beginning of the list that is searched.

5.   Once the scan has been completed, select an SSID, and then configure your phone to connect to that network using the fields that are indicated in the table for scan list menus.

Press the Other button (this step is optional) to add the name of a new network to which you want to connect your phone. Configure the fields in accordance with the table in the Wi-Fi other menu.

Check out the list menus.

Field	Field Type or Choices	Default	Description
Security mode	Auto None WEP PSK	None	Allows you to select the type of authentication that the phone uses to access the WLAN.
User ID			Allows you to enter a user ID for the network profile.
Password WEP Key Passphrase			Allows you to enter password for the network profile that you create. The type of password depends on the security mode that you have selected. Password: Security mode is Auto. Passphrase: Security mode is PSK. WEP Key: Security mode is WEP.
802.11 mode	Auto 2.4 GHz 5 GHz	Auto	Allows you to select the wireless signal standard that is used in the WLAN.

Wi-Fi other menu