Shadow, you mean to say that endusers like the GPX-2000 better than the Polycom?
On 7/24/06, shadowym <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
One of the problems with opinions on these forums IMHO is that they are mostly from technical types and not typical end users. > -----Original Message----- > From: C F [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 2:12 PM > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Just bought a Polycom 501 - I > feel like myGXP-2000 was better... > > Feelings are for the ignorant. > In any case, if you have trouble pinging your phone then you > have something wrong on either your network, or you got a > damaged phone. > Here is my output from pinging a Polycom 501 while in a > conversation with app_voicemail: > Ping statistics for 192.168.1.246: > Packets: Sent = 100, Received = 100, Lost = 0 (0% loss), > Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: > Minimum = 1ms, Maximum = 2ms, Average = 1ms > > On 7/24/06, Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Hello everyone, > > > > I'm half writing this to get some answers, and half-writing this to > > put in my 2 cents for anybody who's looking to get his first VoIP > > phone. Polycom's seem to be highly regarded here, and after having > > bought a Polycom 501 as my second phone (my first was the unloved > > Grandstream GXP-2000), I am left wondering why. > > > > Never mind that the setup of the Polycom was more > complicated than the > > GXP-2000 by a few order of magnitudes, that only matters the first > > time you do it. But things like 3-way conferences are > harder to use > > (whatever happened to picking a line, pressing CONF and picking > > another line????) and in general, except for the aesthetics of the > > phone, the GrandStream is an equal phone (for a much lesser > price) than the Polycom 501. > > > > My worst gripe with this phone, is that I haven't managed > to have it > > on the LAN without it disappearing for a few seconds. If I > ping the > > phone (on the same LAN, on the same underused hub actually) > I get 5-6 > > responses, then timeouts....then another few responses, > then timeouts > > again. This translates into sound being (badly) cut off when Im > > talking. The same experiments yields good results with the > GXP-2000. > > I understand ping might not be prioritized on the Polycom, but this > > was done with no calls coming in or going out. So why is > it disappearing? Or is there a better test? > > > > If it helps, my setup can be described as a Asterisk server > (NO NAT) > > and a Polycom 501 (behind a Nat). The Grandstream handles > that like a > > pro, I assumed the Polycom would too, considering the reputation of > > Polycom and the price of the phone. > > > > I would be grateful to anyone who clues me in on what I am doing > > wrong, because I am 95% certain it's somehow my fault. My gf would > > tell you it always is :-) > > > > > > Mike > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > > > asterisk-users mailing list > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
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