Erik, As for the WIP330, I have one and I've had mixed results with it.
It doesn't support WPA2, which I'm now using on my Access Points, only WEP.
I'm not using NAT to talk to my local Asterisk system, but I get one-way audio depending on whether the WIP330 is the recipient or originator of a call. I can't remember now if it works when it originated a call, but not when it was the recipient of a call, or vice versa. It did work correctly originally, but I'm not sure in upgrading firmware on the phone or upgrading versions of Asterisk exactly where it stopped working. Haven't found the solution to this since it wasn't a priority.
Since it is no longer in the Linksys product line, there are no new firmware updates. You can't even find it on the Cisco website!
It has a jack for a wired headset, but I was unable to ever find a suitable headset. Articles I found suggested that Linksys would have offered one, but that never happened as far as I can tell.
I think I'd go with the suggestions of the Snom, or a regular cordless telephone plugged into an ATA. The Snom is the one I'm looking at to replace the WIP330.
I've never used it, but the WIP310 seems to be the current product in the Cisco line. The old Linksys/Cisco SPA9xx products have been EOL'ed by Cisco, but the WIP310 still seems to be a live product. The docs say it supports WPA2, so that would overcome one of my problems, although I still don't know about finding a headset that actually works with it.
Regards, Doug. On 04/09/2010 8:39 PM, Erik Schwartz wrote:
I'm looking for a dedicated device that has no base-unit like the Linksys WIP330. http://blog.tmcnet.com/blog/tom-keating/voip/linksys-wip330-wirelessg-ip-pho ne-review.asp ...and where to buy one. This article is 4 years old and I'm sure there are better ones out there now. I suppose if somebody ever makes a good WiFi client for BlackBerry (sorry VoipSwitch/Vippie) it would obviate the need for such a device. There are ones for iToy as well, but can't recommend it to people who don't have that kind of budget. Thanks, Erik. -----Original Message----- From: Dean Yorke [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 3:42 PM To: Erik Schwartz; [email protected] Subject: Re: [biz] any recommendation of wireless phone I have a aasta mbu400 brand new in the box. Make me an offer I can't refuse! ------Original Message------ From: Erik Schwartz To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [biz] any recommendation of wireless phone Sent: Sep 3, 2010 3:36 PM Does anybody know of a good WiFi SIP phone, and more importantly where to get it? I know Linksys was making one a while ago, but they seem to have not taken off. -----Original Message----- From: Patrick Song [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 2:38 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [biz] any recommendation of wireless phone Hi All do you have any recommendation of a good wireless SIP phone that works well with asterisk?
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