i have the cisco 7940 7960 phones and both i can use sip with asterisk? how can i help?
On Thu, 2005-04-28 at 10:48 +0100, Derek Conniffe wrote: > Hi Paul, > > I had the same situation - I had a 7940 with only the callmanager > firmware but would have much rathered SIP. You need to have a support > contrace with Cisco to be able to download the firmware from their website. > > Thankfully the support contract only costs about $9 for the year - I was > able to buy the contract from CDW ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - the product code > for the contract is CON-SNT-CP7940 (replace the 7940 at the end with > 7960 for your phone). > > I'm in Ireland so it seems there is no problem purchasing > internationally either. > > Derek > > Paul wrote: > > >Do you still have that image for the 7960? I bought a 7940 on ebay and it > >doesn't have the SIP firmware. I can't find it anywhere but Cisco's website > >and they require that I have an account with them. Did you happen to save > >that binary file? > > > >Paul > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andy Hamilton > >Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 16:38 > >To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > >Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Cisco 7960s and skinny > > > >Simon: > > > >I have had Skinny going on a 7960 (which I then reimaged to SIP). I > >currently run a 7910 on Skinny (using chan_sccp) and use the > >aforementioned 7960 simultaneously. > > > >Since you mentioned that you will have 50 phones, I assume you are > >using them in a business setting. I would *highly* recommend using > >SIP, as I have found that the skinny driver is not as reliable as it > >could be (not criticizing Jan or Julien at all, here). > > > >Reimaging the 50 of them should only take a while (depending on what > >version of CCM they have at the moment). I reimaged 12 phones once for > >a business and it took less than 30 minutes after I got it going > >(toying with the phones to get them to take the image, exactly how the > >config files were to be set up, etc...). > > > >I imagine you could easily get the whole thing done in less than a day > >(reimaging and config files), then figure out your dialplan. > > > >Then there is the whole issue of writing the config files...but you'd > >have to do those with Skinny, anyhow. I think with SIP you'll have > >much better reliability. > > > >-Andy > >FWD: 428725 > > > >On Apr 12, 2005 12:48 PM, Morris, Simon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >> > >> > >>Hello, > >> > >> Does anyone else have * running with Cisco 7960 phones and skinny? > >> > >> All the advise I am reading so far is telling me to load the SIP image on > >>the phone but I'd like to know what I'm going to lose by persisting with > >>skinny > >> > >> (Not reimaging 50 phones is one benefit amongst others of skinny) > >> > >> Thanks for any comparisons you can provide > >> > >> Rgds > >> > >> ~sm > >>_______________________________________________ > >>Asterisk-Users mailing list > >>Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > >>http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > >>To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > >> > >>http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > >> > >> > >> > >> > >_______________________________________________ > >Asterisk-Users mailing list > >Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > >http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > >To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Asterisk-Users mailing list > >Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > >http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > >To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > > > > > -- > > > Derek Conniffe > Rivertower Ltd > DDI: (Local Ireland) 01 201 0146 (International) +353 1 201 0146 > Mobile: (Local Ireland) 086 856 3823 (International) +353 86 856 3823 > Main Line: (Local Ireland) 1890 45 70 74 (International) +353 1 201 0180 > Fax: (Local Ireland) 01 201 0085 (International) +353 1 201 0085 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Web: www.rivertowerhosting.com > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users