The biggest problem I have found is not the rebooting of the phone as such, but
more the interruption to the network port if the PC is plugged inline with the
phone.
Even the big players have this issue which just needs to be managed I guess.
Regards
Michael Knill
On 18/12/2012, at 10:34 PM, The Cadillac Kid <[email protected]> wrote:
> this is more of a general asterisk question as opposed to astlinux.. however
> I greatly value the experiences of this group.. as many are advanced and
> longtime users of asterisk and associayted SIP technologies...
>
> I have struggled in the asterisk world for years with the one thing that
> Legacy PBX users seem to complain about most when switching to VOIP.. and
> thats the fact that. "hey my phone reboots anytime someone makes a change to
> the system!"...
>
> I have written programs that will shoot configs to Aastra endpoints on the
> fly via XML.. however it doesnt always work.. I find that say if changing
> BLF keys.. the aastras quit subscribing.. (aastra support just says.. oh I
> dont anything about XML.. its not supported... well then why is it in
> there??) PolyComs wont take anything but a directory change it seems..
> Digium phones its a toss up as to whether they restart...
>
> are there decent quality endpoints that will take a config on the fly and not
> reboot? I realize changing SIP or IP stuff will require a boot.. but
> changing buttons often seems to be a way of life amongst many office workers
> and they dont like the reboots of their phones without a lot of fanfare
> ahead... (like calling 20 phone users to tell them their phone will die for
> 20 seconds)...
>
> coming from the Legacy world for years before entering asterisk (also many
> years).. Zero downtime was always preached...
>
> is it just something users get used to and I worry about it too much?
> -Christopher
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