Re: [Asterisk-Users] Mediatrix 1204 help please.
On 12/16/05, Rich Adamson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > OK we need some help in setting up a good wiki-info page for setting up the > > Mediatrix > 1204 to work with asterisk. If anyone has > > set these unit's up and have them working please post your settings here so > > we can > create a page on the wiki. These unit's are > > being sold to be used via sip format with asterisk and there is no real > > information > on getting them working. At present there one > > of the worst I have run into to get correctly working. These are very > > expensive and > some of us can't afford to send them back for > > a restocking fee. > > > > If someone working with Mediatrix has a white paper on getting these unit's > > working > please let us know the link for it. It would > > be very helpful for many asterisk users. > > > > If you search the -users archives, you'll see where a couple of people > have made them work. I believe there was at least one posting reflecting > a working config. > > I did an eval on the 1204 in early 2004, but did not care for the way > it interfaced with asterisk. The 1204 was really intended to interoperate > with the 1104 as a toll bypass box. > > I was able to make it work and the audio was excellent with no echo > whatsoever. Key items (in early 2004) included: > - the 1204 does not have any sip register functions. One must configure it > (and asterisk) to work with static IP addresses (instead of relying on > the registration process). > - calls from asterisk "to" (or through) the 1204 are treated as a group > and the 1204 chooses the first available pstn port for all calls. If you > want to direct a call to a specific port, one has to jump through hoops > to force a CallerID (from asterisk) and then program 1204 to look for the > callerid (which is then used to match a port number). Not cool. > - programming the 1204 could only be done via snmp, and the snmp facility > provided only ran on Windows. Each firmware upgrade to the 1204 required > a new snmp implementation as the mib variables constantly changed. The > snmp community string (eg, password) could not be changed from public, > therefore exposing the 1204 to the internet would be a major security > risk. (If you know snmp extemely well, you can use the mib definitions > within a linux system to program the box, but you better be very good > at snmp to do that.) They now support a limited set of things that could be programmed via http. > - Support for the box is only offered through resellers, and their typical > resellers are those firms reselling traditional pbx's. A fair number of > those don't have a clue what voip is about and even fewer can spell > asterisk. I thought they teach you how to spell asterisk in 4th grade math? :) > - All firmware upgrades are chargable regardless of what problem might be > found. The upgrade charge was very high (something like $500 in 2004). > > Given the above (in 2004), the risk associated with using the 1204 was > far to great and I returned the unit for full credit. (The eval was arranged > through Mediaxtix sales rep even though the unit came from a reseller.) > > I've not touched or seen the 1204 since early 2004, so can't help any more > then what is stated above. The product may have improved since then, but > I don't have clue what might have changed. > > I have set it up many times now, but each time I have to do that, it takes around an hour, which is a very long time for me compared to an Adit or Sipura, but because of the quality of the box (sound is very good) I still use it. Each time I do it I just go thru the SNMP settings one by one, and set/change what I think/know is needed, then test it to make sure it works as I want. It would take me an extra hour to write it down and post on the wiki, but I'll try to do it next time anyhow, that way it might save me some time in the future as well :) ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [Asterisk-Users] Mediatrix 1204 help please.
> OK we need some help in setting up a good wiki-info page for setting up the > Mediatrix 1204 to work with asterisk. If anyone has > set these unit's up and have them working please post your settings here so > we can create a page on the wiki. These unit's are > being sold to be used via sip format with asterisk and there is no real > information on getting them working. At present there one > of the worst I have run into to get correctly working. These are very > expensive and some of us can't afford to send them back for > a restocking fee. > > If someone working with Mediatrix has a white paper on getting these unit's > working please let us know the link for it. It would > be very helpful for many asterisk users. > If you search the -users archives, you'll see where a couple of people have made them work. I believe there was at least one posting reflecting a working config. I did an eval on the 1204 in early 2004, but did not care for the way it interfaced with asterisk. The 1204 was really intended to interoperate with the 1104 as a toll bypass box. I was able to make it work and the audio was excellent with no echo whatsoever. Key items (in early 2004) included: - the 1204 does not have any sip register functions. One must configure it (and asterisk) to work with static IP addresses (instead of relying on the registration process). - calls from asterisk "to" (or through) the 1204 are treated as a group and the 1204 chooses the first available pstn port for all calls. If you want to direct a call to a specific port, one has to jump through hoops to force a CallerID (from asterisk) and then program 1204 to look for the callerid (which is then used to match a port number). Not cool. - programming the 1204 could only be done via snmp, and the snmp facility provided only ran on Windows. Each firmware upgrade to the 1204 required a new snmp implementation as the mib variables constantly changed. The snmp community string (eg, password) could not be changed from public, therefore exposing the 1204 to the internet would be a major security risk. (If you know snmp extemely well, you can use the mib definitions within a linux system to program the box, but you better be very good at snmp to do that.) - Support for the box is only offered through resellers, and their typical resellers are those firms reselling traditional pbx's. A fair number of those don't have a clue what voip is about and even fewer can spell asterisk. - All firmware upgrades are chargable regardless of what problem might be found. The upgrade charge was very high (something like $500 in 2004). Given the above (in 2004), the risk associated with using the 1204 was far to great and I returned the unit for full credit. (The eval was arranged through Mediaxtix sales rep even though the unit came from a reseller.) I've not touched or seen the 1204 since early 2004, so can't help any more then what is stated above. The product may have improved since then, but I don't have clue what might have changed. ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
RE: [Asterisk-Users] Mediatrix 1204 help please.
Ariel, There are some notes in the list archives about getting them going. -Nate -Original Message- From: Ariel Batista [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 9:04 AM To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Mediatrix 1204 help please. OK we need some help in setting up a good wiki-info page for setting up the Mediatrix 1204 to work with asterisk. If anyone has set these unit's up and have them working please post your settings here so we can create a page on the wiki. These unit's are being sold to be used via sip format with asterisk and there is no real information on getting them working. At present there one of the worst I have run into to get correctly working. These are very expensive and some of us can't afford to send them back for a restocking fee. If someone working with Mediatrix has a white paper on getting these unit's working please let us know the link for it. It would be very helpful for many asterisk users. ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
[Asterisk-Users] Mediatrix 1204 help please.
OK we need some help in setting up a good wiki-info page for setting up the Mediatrix 1204 to work with asterisk. If anyone has set these unit's up and have them working please post your settings here so we can create a page on the wiki. These unit's are being sold to be used via sip format with asterisk and there is no real information on getting them working. At present there one of the worst I have run into to get correctly working. These are very expensive and some of us can't afford to send them back for a restocking fee. If someone working with Mediatrix has a white paper on getting these unit's working please let us know the link for it. It would be very helpful for many asterisk users. ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
RE: [Asterisk-Users] Mediatrix 1204 Help
How do metratrix board wirk with asterisk? Any scenarios? |-Original Message- |From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of |Time Bandit |Sent: Martes, 03 de Mayo de 2005 09:11 a.m. |To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion |Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Mediatrix 1204 Help | |> I just got Mediatrix 1204 from ebay, but it is missing CD that |> conmtain the software and drivers, I am wondering if anybody knows |> where I could downloaded from. |Have you tried http://www.mediatrix.com/ ? |___ |Asterisk-Users mailing list |Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com |http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users |To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: | http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users | | ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [Asterisk-Users] Mediatrix 1204 Help
> >> > >> I just got Mediatrix 1204 from ebay, but it is missing CD that > conmtain the software and > > drivers, I am wondering if > > >> anybody knows where I could downloaded from. > >> > > > >The firmware is not openly available. Mediatrix approach is to "charge" > >customers for every release they generate, and they only do that > >through approved resellers. If you know a company that resells their > >products, you might be able to twist their arm, but I'd guess they > >aren't going to give it away. (That's probably why it was being sold > >on eBay in the first place.) > > >You will need the firmware that runs on the box (be sure to get the sip > >version), and you'll need the Windows-only snmp management software > >to configure the thing. Each firmware version has a specific snmp > >management package intended to be used with the firmware. You'll need > >both (matching) to accomplish anything as there is no telnet or web > >interface. > > No no no. Screw windows. All you need is the mib files and mbrowse. > SNMP makes remote admin of these boxes a piece of cake. Much faster > then a web browser. Once you figure out what you are doing, then you > can just config and admin it with simple shell scrips, or if your a > hack like me, c code. You can even use SNMP to monitor the PSTN > line status. Way cool stuff and these boxes just run forever. For those of us that are somewhat heavy into snmp, I'd agree. But a large percentage of asterisk users don't ever deal with it or even know what it is. I'd agree on the stability of the box. Very nice, good echo cancellation, etc. Less then satisfactory in how they deal with sip (eg, registration), security, etc. For internal use, no problem; for external, I'd never expose it. ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [Asterisk-Users] Mediatrix 1204 Help
Message: 16 Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 09:12:13 -0600 From: Rich Adamson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Mediatrix 1204 Help To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=ISO-8859-1 >> >> I just got Mediatrix 1204 from ebay, but it is missing CD that conmtain the software and drivers, I am wondering if >> anybody knows where I could downloaded from. >> >The firmware is not openly available. Mediatrix approach is to "charge" >customers for every release they generate, and they only do that >through approved resellers. If you know a company that resells their >products, you might be able to twist their arm, but I'd guess they >aren't going to give it away. (That's probably why it was being sold >on eBay in the first place.) >You will need the firmware that runs on the box (be sure to get the sip >version), and you'll need the Windows-only snmp management software >to configure the thing. Each firmware version has a specific snmp >management package intended to be used with the firmware. You'll need >both (matching) to accomplish anything as there is no telnet or web >interface. No no no. Screw windows. All you need is the mib files and mbrowse. SNMP makes remote admin of these boxes a piece of cake. Much faster then a web browser. Once you figure out what you are doing, then you can just config and admin it with simple shell scrips, or if your a hack like me, c code. You can even use SNMP to monitor the PSTN line status. Way cool stuff and these boxes just run forever. If you are ready to give up on the boxes and want to dump them at a good price, just let me know. -- Bob Knight [-w] the work option [EMAIL PROTECTED] 925-449-9163 ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [Asterisk-Users] Mediatrix 1204 Help
Hi Time, yes, I did but nothing on their website Cheers, Ellafi Time Bandit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just got Mediatrix 1204 from ebay, but it is missing CD that conmtain the> software and drivers, I am wondering if anybody knows where I could> downloaded from. Have you tried http://www.mediatrix.com/ ?___Asterisk-Users mailing listAsterisk-Users@lists.digium.comhttp://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-usersTo UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit:http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-usersKeep smiling life is too shortGo for the best and expect the worst.Do not be afraid to take a chances in life, as life it self is a chance.Do not fear anybody but God and you will be protectedfrom anything that does not fear him.Eat good and dress good and believe in God you will live healthy.__Do You Yahoo!?Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [Asterisk-Users] Mediatrix 1204 Help
> > I just got Mediatrix 1204 from ebay, but it is missing CD that conmtain > the software and drivers, I am wondering if > anybody knows where I could downloaded from. > The firmware is not openly available. Mediatrix approach is to "charge" customers for every release they generate, and they only do that through approved resellers. If you know a company that resells their products, you might be able to twist their arm, but I'd guess they aren't going to give it away. (That's probably why it was being sold on eBay in the first place.) You will need the firmware that runs on the box (be sure to get the sip version), and you'll need the Windows-only snmp management software to configure the thing. Each firmware version has a specific snmp management package intended to be used with the firmware. You'll need both (matching) to accomplish anything as there is no telnet or web interface. ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [Asterisk-Users] Mediatrix 1204 Help
> I just got Mediatrix 1204 from ebay, but it is missing CD that conmtain the > software and drivers, I am wondering if anybody knows where I could > downloaded from. Have you tried http://www.mediatrix.com/ ? ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
[Asterisk-Users] Mediatrix 1204 Help
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[Asterisk-Users] Mediatrix 1204 Help
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[Asterisk-Users] Mediatrix 1204 Help
Hi, I just got Mediatrix 1204 from ebay, but it is missing CD that conmtain the software and drivers, I am wondering if anybody knows where I could downloaded from. Please help, Thank you. __Do You Yahoo!?Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
