----- "--[ UxBoD ]--" <[email protected]> wrote: > ----- "Ken D'Ambrosio" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hey, all. Got an SNOM 820 in the other day to kick the tires. As > > with > > many phones, provisioning it was a bit of a PITA. The biggest > > problem, as > > far as I could tell, was that their firmware just doesn't seem that > > stable, and is sometimes hard to get to. > > - I managed to corrupt the firmware twice; fortunately, instead of > > bricking the phone, there's a fairly easy-to-use "rescue mode." > > - Google was *not* your friend to find the URL to current firmware > > (for non-beta, it's http://wiki.snom.com/Firmware ; for beta, > it's > > http://wiki.snom.com/Firmware/V8/Beta ) > > - There's a (non-standard) VPN release of firmware that has to be > > installed to get OpenVPN going. > > - Also got WLAN going; note that, apparently (and to my surprise), > it > > appears that WPA keys are case-sensitive, and the phones default to > > uppercase. Beware. Also, you have to buy a ~$40 USB stick to get > it > > going, but that sounds more awkward than it is: the phone has a > > nicely-recessed cavity on the bottom where it plugs in. > > > > Next, if you aren't familiar with OpenVPN, I *do not* recommend > having > > the > > phone as your first client. Set up a Linux or Windows client, > first, > > to > > get the hang of it. Then move on to the phone. For example, one > of > > my > > firmware corruptions occurred when I named a file "client.conf" > > (.conf > > being the usual Linux-based OpenVPN configuration file extension), > > instead > > of "client.cnf". Had to reflash. > > > > Bottom line: the phone actually works quite nicely. Provisioning > for > > a > > one-off is a pain, but SNOM seems to have the hooks in place to > make > > larger rollouts quite easy. OpenVPN works like a champ, but should > > be > > handled with care for those who don't have experience with it. The > > speakerphone quality is quite nice, and there are lots of nifty > > features > > the SNOM offers that I haven't seen on other phones -- for example, > > netcat > > is used for debugging OpenVPN, and a SIP log is truly nifty. > > > > One-line summary: recommended, but be prepared to spend some time > > getting > > the first one going if some of the more esoteric features (VPN, > WLAN) > > are > > used. > > > > -Ken > > > > > > We are testing 370/870s at the moment as we have a strong requirement > for OpenVPN support. We are still trying to get them to work! It > would appear on the face of it that the phones use OpenVPN V1 and not > V2 which is not to good. Secondly you have to create a tar ball with > the configuration in side it which has to include the key. Hmmm, how > would you get that to remote clients ? Put on a public webserver; not > so good me thinks. Now I could be completely wrong on these things so > would be very grateful for your input. Actually I do not think the second comment would be a issue; as like anything it comes down to how you secure your delivery. -- Thanks, Phil
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