On Sat, 8 Oct 2005 00:15, Michael Graves wrote: Try "Strix" as the access points, It has cell handover and roaming features. Very important for telephony wireless.
> Jim, > > I have one of the Hitachi WIP-5000 wifi phones. Been using it about 6 > months. I've even travelled with it and tried to make use of hotspots > here and there. My primary application for the phone was to replace a > Panasonic analog corldess phone and Sipura SPA-2000 combination for my > home office. > > I have both 802.11b (house) and 801.11g (office) on the property. The > WIP-5000 is a .11b device. While it supports long encryption keys it > does not support WPA...which is specific to .11g. I have been able to > make it mount both WLANs with encryption enabled. There is a bit of an > issue making it jump from AP to AP seamlessly as both APs must share > channels & SSIDs, which is troublesome. > > As a phone its behaviour is very good. It's very small. The battery > life has been good. It has a 2.5mm jack for a standard headset, which > is essential for me. It can perform basic PBX functions better than the > ATA/Panasonic pair. I wish that the volume would go a bit > louder...that's my one major complaint about the phone. > > However, what I've learned about wifi along the way is more > enlightening. My wlan is simply not sufficient to ensure a good voice > experience. I've been using several access point including; Linksys > WAP54G, Linksys WAP11b & a cheap Belkin 802.11b. None of these provide > absolutely continuous calling. Periodically the wlan goes away for a > couple of seconds then restores itself. The result is a momentary pause > in an ongoing call...very much like a cell phone. The call never gets > dropped, but I often need to ask the other party to repeat their last > statement. > > Also, the range you can expect is nowhere near what you will achieve > with a normal 2.4 or 5.8 GHz cordless phone. I get around 40-60 feet > maximum...and I don't like in a brick house. > > As an alternative I've also purchased an Aastra 480 CTi which comes > with a cordless handset. Too early to know much about this in detail > but so far I like it a lot. > > Michael Graves > > --Original Message Text--- > From: James H Thompson > Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2005 12:04:50 -1000 > > Anyone have good words to say about any of the WiFi handsets currently > available? > > Thanks. > > Jim > > > > > -- > Michael Graves [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sr. Product Specialist www.pixelpower.com > Pixel Power Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > o713-861-4005 > o800-905-6412 > c713-201-1262 > fwd 54245 -- Regards, Alan Harrison PABX Advisory Services Pty Ltd PH 02 9893 7888 Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation sponsored by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
