Cisco CISCO UNIFIED WIRELESS IP PHONE 7920 User Manual
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Chapter 1 An Overview of the Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7920
Features Supported on the Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7920
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Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7920 Administration Guide for Cisco Unified CallManager Release 4.2 and 5.0
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Configuring Security for the Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone
Implementing security in the voice over WLAN protects against data tampering
threats and identity theft of phones. To alleviate these threats, the Cisco wireless
LAN provides many options for user authentication with servers and for
encrypting communications streams between phones and network devices.
For information about supported security options for the Cisco Unified Wireless
IP Phone 7920, see the
“Security Mechanisms in the Wireless Network” section
on page 2-14
.
Related Topic
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Securing Voice Communications, page 2-4
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Choosing Authentication and Encryption Methods, page 2-17
Configuring Network Access for the Cisco Unified Wireless IP
Phone
Like other network devices, you must configure IP phones to access Cisco Unified
CallManager and the rest of the IP network using the wireless LAN. There are two
methods for configuring network settings such as DHCP, TFTP, and for wireless
settings for the phone.
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Cisco 7920 Configuration Utility
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Network Config menu on the Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7920
You install the Cisco 7920 Configuration Utility on a computer and connect to the
Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7920 with a USB cable to configure phone and
network settings. For more information, see
Chapter 4, “Using the Cisco 7920
Configuration Utility.”
You can also configure network settings on the phone itself. For more information
about configuring features from the phone, see
Chapter 5, “Configuring Network
Profile Settings.”
Because the Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone is a network device, you can obtain
detailed status information about it. This information can assist you in
troubleshooting problems that users might encounter when using their IP phones.
See
Chapter 8, “Viewing Status, Statistics, and Firmware Information on the
Cisco Unified Wireless IP Phone 7920,”
for tips on using this information.