I've been researching the IP Office a bit to prepare for the classes and I installed one for the first time last week (preconfigured; I was just the meat on the floor).

As I unpacked the phones, I noticed two different line cords in the box: a black 8p2c to 8p2c cord and a grey 8p2c to 6p2c cord. I used the black ones because the guys who wired the place used 8p jacks for both voice and data (don't get me started...) and had no issues but after I got home I got to wondering what the other cord was for. Do they include both styles so that you have the option of using a cord that fits the jacks on both ends regardless of the site's house wiring or is there some other purpose for them?


"There is one thing and only one thing in which it is granted to you to be free in life, all else being beyond your power: that is to recognize and profess the truth." - Leo Tolstoy