Reminder, I'm just 5 weeks into this stuff so bear(sp?) with me... I just received my first voip order from voipdepot.ca, I bought a Grandstream GXP 2000 and a Linksys SPA941 $129 and $149 respectivly. I also picked up a Linksys PAP2T for around $80.
The Grandstream has two ports, and can be configured as a switch or NAT router with tons of settings for QOS (as a switch it links up at 100mbs). The thing is I don't want to use this phone as my internet router! So I consider this feature useless and I can't imagine ever using it as a nat router. However, using the 'switch' feature it was easy to put it 'in line' with my computer and it's up and running which is more than I can say for the Linksys which will have to wait in limbo until I get around to running a new wire to the place that I want it. Both phones were easy to setup on my Asterisk box, I was able to setup the grandstream from it's key pad. The Linksys was a little cryptic but once I realised I could login to either phone from my browser the setup got a lot easier. I can't say which I like better yet, the Linksys looks nicer and 'might' just feel a little better. The Grandstream has more bells, whistles and buttons for CONF TRANS MAIL MUTE. It will take some time before I know which is better, but considering the Grand Stream is $20 cheaper... The pap2 T was easy to setup, I used to have two lines in the house but I cancelled one and now all the phones that used to be on line 2 are on port 2 of the pap2 which is extension 6005 of my Asterisk box. I'm amazed that all this stuff works so well! I bought an unlimited local calling account from Atlasvoice for $14.95 and it works fine accept that using the xlite softfone I could not retreive voicemail from my old pager account, the DTMF tones just were not recognised. The Grandstream worked fine for these dtmf tones. I had thought that the problem was at Atlasvoice but apparently not. That's all for now. >>> "Chris Mason (Lists)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2/7/2007 4:46 PM >>> shadowym wrote: > > Do any of these 2 port phones do QoS where they would prioritize their own > traffic over traffic on their downstream port? I believe the Polycom phones do that. -- Chris Mason (264) 497-5670 Fax: (264) 497-8463 Int: (305) 704-7249 Fax: (815)301-9759 UK 44.207.183.0271 Cell: 264-235-5670 Yahoo IM: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
