All I can tell is what I did ... Mine seems to work ok ... But if you want to really understand why or what these setting actually do, you may have to wait for someone a bit smarter than me to provide the answers ... I am still trying to figure out some of the settings myself ...
First off, I don't think dnsmasq runs unless you are using at least 2 NICs and Astlinux is acting as a router/firewall ... So it is possible that you think you are loading dnsmasq but really are not because you are running in PBX only mode with just a single NIC ... Mine is operating as a router/firewall ... I understand there is a way to load dnsmasq for local resolution in a recent update but think that is the trunk version not the release version ... Second, I made this entry in rc.conf < NTPSERV=pool.ntp.org > to point to my favorite ntp source ... Third, I made this entry in rc.conf < NTPBROADCAST=yes > which I think makes Astlinux respond to time queries ... To be honest with you, I am not sure which of these did the trick or if it takes all of the above to make it work ... But my Aastra phones seem to be getting time from my Astlinux server at this point ... My Aastras don't seem to sync time immediately after the phone is reset ... Sometimes it takes a few minutes for it sync up ... But this may be an oddity of the Aastra ... You might get lucky and one of the really knowledgeable folks here will give you a better answer ... But in the mean time, try the settings above and see if it works for you ... G.Hendershot -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gene Cooper Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 11:46 PM To: Discussion of AstLinux - Asterisk on Compact Flash Subject: [Astlinux-users] Polycom DHCP - NTP Hi all, I've been working on provisioning for Polycom phones. I'm specifically working with a 301 and a 501. I have most everything working OK. I'm using the latest SIP load (2.0.2) and boot ROM (3.2.2) which I downloaded from Polycom. I'm testing with Astlinux 0.4.3. I have been unable to make the Polycoms work with the NTP functionality of Astlinux using dnsmasq. If I modify sip.cfg to point at a different NTP server, it works. I suspect there must be a 'trick'...string vs. number, or something? A different DHCP option? If anyone can shed any light on this for me, I'd really appreciate it. I already spent quite a bit of time on this without cracking this last piece of the provisioning puzzle...now, on to Snoms... Also, I wrote a small script (a single command, really) that will reformat the phone1.cfg sample file from Polycom and output a (more) properly formatted phonexxxx.cfg file for your actual phones. It even sets the MWI stuff up and points it at your actual voicemail extension. This might be useful to someone trying to set up scripted provisioning, but there is probably a much better way to do this... I started a page on my web site to document my testing: http://www.sonoracomm.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=70&Itemi d=32 Thanks in advance, G p.s. Gary, if you don't mind, I'd like to take you up on your offer to share your base configs. I started from scratch. It's really a great platform, but all I have so far is a skeleton...Thanks much! (e-mail below...) -- ============================= Gene Cooper Sonora Communications, Inc. 5531 N. Oracle Road Tucson, AZ 85704 (520) 293-8461 x101 (520) 888-4060 fax [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.kriscompanies.com/mailman/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.kriscompanies.com/mailman/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
