Am 18.12.2012 um 22:23 schrieb Graham S. Jarvis:

> Hello Christopher,
> 
> I've been using snom (and only) phones since 2006 because I can login 
> remotely 
> to the web gui on the 'phone and change all sorts of parameters.
> Provisioning works pretty good as well - if a user plays around too much - 
> all 
> you have to do is login to the poe switch and cycle the power - the 'phone 
> reboots and gets the default config again.  (sure, an in-line PC is going to 
> have to wait but that's why we told the client to pull two cables for each 
> desk 
> wasn't it!)
> 
> I manage to do nearly all my support remotely and even with clients ~3000Km 
> away ;)
> 
> Keep up the good work !!!!
> 
> -Graham-

But the TLS cert stuff is a (one time) real pain on the Snom, and SRTP with 
more than one identity is also rather strange.
That stuff is so much easier on the the Yealink.

> Michael Knill wrote on 18/12/12 21:40:
>> 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]
>> <mailto:[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


Michael

http://www.mksolutions.info




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