The Cisco SPA-508G is a 8 line VOIP SIP capable phone with monochrome display and Power over Ethernet (POE) capabilities. This phone is fully featured and includes all standard telephony features including call forwarding, redial, speed dial, do not disturb and voicemail. Calls can be made using the handset, the speak or a headset. This phone also has the ability to connect one attendant console to it to expand the number of speed dial lines that the phone can use.
To power this phone, you will either need a POE Switch a POE injector or a 2a 5v wall wart power supply.
This phone also provides a web based interface to configure the features of the phone.
After connecting the phone to the network and letting it boot, you can then obtain the IP Address of the phone.
Press the Setup button. This button looks like a piece of paper with the upper right corner of the paper folded down.
You can then scroll down to the Network option or hit the number 9 Button.
Hit Select
Option 2 should show the IP address of the phone. Note this down as you will need it to configure the phone.
Open a web browser on another computer that is also on the same network as the phone
Put the IP address you obtained above into the address bar
Once the webpage comes up, in the upper right hand corner click Admin Login and then Advanced. This will bring up all the options for the phone. You should see a number of tabs across the screen.
Follow the information provided to activate your personal extension settings