Gentlemen, please share more details as per your Asterisk versions, and settings here. Though screen shot is somewhat a challenge here - please provide some config details.
Both your experiences are quite the opposite of mine, so would appreciate some technical feedback here - to get it rolling. * * *Thanks and regards,* *Reza.* On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 7:47 AM, Liviu Toma <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a couple of these as well, installed behind NAT firewalls and > talking over the internet to my hosted asterisk (on a hosted server, > public IP) and I had no issues. Also video calls are working fine in > this scenario. > > Liviu > > On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 7:34 AM, Chris Chen <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I bought two Nortel 1535 phones from ebay, I should share my own > experience > > vs your experience with the list here > > > > e. Sound quality is crap > > > > Compared to Polycom/Aastra/Snom phones I have, its quality is the same > level > > as Aastra phone > > > > f. Managed to get it working over a LAN exclusively. > > I have one phone working via Wireless, one phone with wired LAN, I didn't > > test with any SIP servers outside my LAN, but lots of users do > > > > g. No video / H264 or H263 in the LAN with Asterisk. > > I have one phone registered with my Asterisk, one phone registered with > my > > FreeSWITCH, none of them is Nortel or SipX platform, the video calls > using > > H264 and H263 with Asterisk/FreeSWITCH or mix all working very well. > > > > Thanks, > > Chris Chen > > > > On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 12:30 AM, Reza - Asterisk Consultant < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > >> To make the long story short my friend, they are crap! > >> > >> Its not true that I did not like the phone due to firmware issues. > >> > >> I did not like it because of the following issues: > >> a. zero access to latest firmware > >> b. poor or no access over NAT > >> c. does not perform in a Hosted environment > >> d. Inability to keep registrations ongoing > >> e. Sound quality is crap > >> f. Managed to get it working over a LAN exclusively. > >> g. No video / H264 or H263 in the LAN with Asterisk. > >> h. No Web UI to log into. > >> i. A bloody pain in the behind to provision the phone to your userid > and > >> password via the number pad. > >> > >> By the time you are done programming the userid and password via the > >> telephone interface and keypad, it will be at least 10 minutes. > >> > >> There is no proper and easy support for this on Asterisk, contrary to > other > >> people's claims. It does work, flawlessly on sipX and Nortel > platforms. > >> Well... it better be working on Nortel platforms because its made by > >> Nortel. > >> > >> Yes, people have had success - but extremely limited success on Asterisk > >> (and that too within a LAN only). > >> > >> They are not cheap if you are using it on Asterisk. It will be an > >> expensive paper weight. > >> > >> In my opinion, you should not have to spend more than a minute or two - > to > >> configure a phone manually to connect to your PBX, hosted or in-house. > >> Though I am not fond of Grandstream phones, I must say that in my tests > >> the > >> Grandstream video phones worked flawlessly and was provisioned in > minutes. > >> There was clear and consistent video over two sets of Grandstream video > >> phones connected across continents. You also get to see your own video > >> echo > >> back to you in a regular echo() test. > >> > >> You truly get what you pay for. > >> > >> Cheers! > >> Reza. > >> > >> > >> > >> On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 11:38 PM, Bruce N <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> > > >> > Hi Everyone, > >> > I know that this came up on the list before and I think Reza didn't > >> really > >> > like the phone due to firmware issues but it seems that it's making > some > >> > news these days. > >> > http://nerdvittles.com/?p=703 > >> > One thing that it impresses me is that it does OpenVPN. Wooo,,,,that > is > >> > 100% a bonus. But really what is the catch. IP Video phone under $100. > >> Are > >> > these knock offs from China? Did someone steal the blueprint for the > >> frame > >> > and copied the software? Are these cheap because they are one line > >> support? > >> > Can anyone weight in? > >> > Thanks,Bruce > >> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
