Grandstream GRP2601LW Essential Lite Wi-Fi 6 IP Phone, 2 Lines

Overview

A hot desk, a corner with no network point or a home office can still have a proper desk phone. The Grandstream GRP2601LW is the Wi-Fi member of the GRP2600 Essential Lite range: a two-line phone that joins a 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi 6 network with WPA3 security and reaches the office phone system over a built-in WireGuard virtual private network (VPN), with GS-FEC packet-loss protection and AI noise reduction. An adapter comes in the box.

Is it right for you?

• Suits desks without a network point, hot-desking areas and home workers who connect over the existing wireless network.
• Suits remote staff who need an encrypted link to the company phone system without a VPN router.
• Your access points must broadcast a 2.4 GHz network; the radio does not use 5 GHz.
• Choose the GRP2601L or GRP2601LP instead if the desk has a cable, or the GRP2601W if you do not need the VPN and WPA3 additions.

Key features

• 2 lines and 2 Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) accounts, so one desk can handle two calls or two numbers.
• 2.41 inch monochrome screen (132 x 48) with 4 programmable softkeys, so the menus are simple to follow.
• One 10/100 Mbps network port and one 10/100 Mbps PC port, so a computer can share the desk’s network cable through the phone.
• Single-band 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi 6 (802.11b/g/n/ax) with WPA2 and WPA3 security, Personal and Enterprise, so the phone can sit on a desk with no network point.
• 5-way audio conferencing with Opus and G.722 wideband codecs, so a small group can join one call from the phone.
• Built-in WireGuard VPN client, so a home worker’s phone reaches the office phone system over an encrypted tunnel without a separate VPN router.
• GS-FEC forward error correction, designed to keep speech intelligible through up to 70% packet loss on a poor broadband link.
• Noise Shield and AI noise reduction, which cut background sound on your side of the call.
• Multicast paging, shared line appearance and a 500-entry phonebook.
• Zero-touch cloud provisioning through Grandstream Device Management System (GDMS), with secure boot and SRTP call encryption.

What else you need

• A SIP account for each line, from a phone system (IP PBX) in your building or in the cloud, or from a hosted voice over IP (VoIP) provider. The phone registers to any of them over standard SIP, and works with BroadSoft, Metaswitch, Kandy, 3CX, Zoom, NetSapiens, RingCentral, Asterisk, FreeSWITCH and OpenSIPS platforms.
• A mains socket at the desk for the 5 V DC, 0.6 A adapter that comes with the phone.
• A 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi network from your access points, or a network cable to the desk.
• Only if you want the phone on a wall, the GRP_WM_A wall mount bracket, sold separately.
• Only if you want a wired headset, one with an RJ9 plug; electronic hook switch (EHS) control works with Plantronics, Jabra and Sennheiser headsets.

Installation

A desk phone is a plug-in job that an office IT person or phone installer can do: fit the handset cord, connect the network cable and the power adapter, then enter the SIP account details in the phone’s web interface. For a roll-out of many phones, an installer can push the settings through GDMS or TR-069 instead.

The supplied desk stand holds the phone at a single 45 degree angle.

For wall use, fit the GRP_WM_A bracket. Screws and wall anchors are not included with the bracket, so match them to your wall. Reverse the hookswitch tab under the handset rest so the handset stays put when the phone is upright.

Software and licences

GDMS cloud provisioning and TR-069 let an installer or IT team configure, monitor and update phones centrally, and the web interface covers a single phone. The GS EXT smartphone app can act as a virtual expansion module, adding programmable keys on a phone screen.

Before you buy

• The Wi-Fi radio is 2.4 GHz only, so your access points must broadcast a 2.4 GHz network.
• The GRP_WM_A wall mount bracket is sold separately and comes without screws or wall anchors.
• It is made for indoor desks, with an operating range of 0 to 40 °C.