Hi Lane... Snom is also supposed to have a repeater for those in the near future.. Just in case you need a bit more range.
Mike http://www.e4strategies.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lane Sullivan Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 5:25 PM To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Wireless SIP phones? I currently use 1 base station with 8 M3's and have yet to have a problem. All 8 phones have their own ext's. I will be converting another location to VOIP and have more M3's to use. Lane Sent from my BlackBerryR wireless handheld -----Original Message----- From: Mike Storella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:15:50 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED],Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion<[email protected]> Cc: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion<[email protected]> Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Wireless SIP phones? Try snom dect m3 Sent from my iPhone Mike Storella On Jul 15, 2008, at 1:29 PM, Trixter aka Bret McDanel <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > On Tue, 2008-07-15 at 11:14 -0700, Rehan Allah Wala wrote: >> I would recommend to use Nokia e series rather then any linksys or >> dlink >> >> they are just better and are 2 in one >> > > yeah but more expensive :) > > If you just want wireless you have options, there are DECT base > stations > that convert to sip, that lets you have multiple handsets with one > base > (normally), you have a protocol similar to GSM for authentication of > the > handsets (ETSI makes many mentions of GSM in the DECT spect) and if > you > get GAP (the encryption algorithm for link layer encryption) generally > you can mix and match handsets and base units. > > Some dect solutions can be had for as little as $100 including the > base > unit and 1 handset. > > If you are looking for more robust wireless solutions, elcotel makes a > cpci rackable dect base system which allows multiple base stations for > better roaming. And the roaming would be more akin to a mobile phone > handoff than wifi - so its faster, easier and generally better. > People > have connected these elcotel switches to asterisk via the misdn > interface. With this switch I have seen 2000 people on one system, 15 > or so base stations covering quite a large geography. > > It does however require more infrastructure than what is generally > required for wifi, but then wifi is half duplex and dect isnt, dect > has > better handoffs than wifi which handoffs are more of a add on later > rather than a designed feature. > > > >>> I've also tried contacting various vendors such as Polycom, and it >>> seems that a lot of them require separate gateway boxes -- the >>> handsets aren't speaking SIP directly, or require some other >>> server to >>> make it work. That strikes me as overkill. >>> > > and it may be overkill, but it depends on the features you get, if > its a > good base and allows multiple handsets (each individually > addressable so > you can make only the ones ring you want, each is a separate channel, > etc) then depending on what you need this may be a better option. > > If however you want a simple all in one solution that is just a wifi > sip > enabled phone, you are probably going to get many of the problems that > you have mentioned before. The same is true for the lower end dect > systems as well. > > > -- > Trixter http://www.0xdecafbad.com Bret McDanel > Belfast +44 28 9099 6461 US +1 516 687 5200 > http://www.trxtel.com the phone company that pays you! > > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- > > AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona > Register Now: http://www.astricon.net > > asterisk-biz mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona Register Now: http://www.astricon.net asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona Register Now: http://www.astricon.net asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona Register Now: http://www.astricon.net asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
