[asterisk-biz] Wireless SIP phones?

Tue Jul 22 01:00:41 CDT 2008

Aastra 57i CT works great for me

On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 6:02 PM, Lane Sullivan <lane at jtinvest.com> wrote:

>
> Hi Michael,
>
> Put me in line! They have great range but that big metal wall is an
> issue...lol. When they are released I'll take a few.
>
> Lane
>
> Sent from my BlackBerry(R) wireless handheld
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Michael S. White" <mwhite at e4strategies.com>
>
> Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:51:47
> To: <lane at jtinvest.com>; 'Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk
> Discussion'<asterisk-biz at lists.digium.com>
> Subject: RE: [asterisk-biz] Wireless SIP phones?
>
>
> Hi Lane...
>
> Snom is also supposed to have a repeater for those in the near future..
> Just
> in case you need a bit more range.
>
>  Mike
> http://www.e4strategies.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com
> [mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Lane Sullivan
> Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 5:25 PM
> To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion
> Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Wireless SIP phones?
>
> I currently use 1 base station with 8 M3's and have yet to have a problem.
> All 8 phones have their own ext's.  I will be converting another location
> to
> VOIP and have more M3's to use.
>
> Lane
>
> Sent from my BlackBerryR wireless handheld
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Storella <cool.bent3 at gmail.com>
>
> Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:15:50
> To: trixter at 0xdecafbad.com,Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk
> Discussion<asterisk-biz at lists.digium.com>
> Cc: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk
> Discussion<asterisk-biz at lists.digium.com>
> Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Wireless SIP phones?
>
>
> Try snom dect m3
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
> Mike Storella
>
> On Jul 15, 2008, at 1:29 PM, Trixter aka Bret McDanel
> <trixter at 0xdecafbad.com
>  > wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 2008-07-15 at 11:14 -0700, Rehan Allah Wala wrote:
> >> I would recommend to use Nokia e series rather then any linksys or
> >> dlink
> >>
> >> they are just better and are 2 in one
> >>
> >
> > yeah but more expensive :)
> >
> > If you just want wireless you have options, there are DECT base
> > stations
> > that convert to sip, that lets you have multiple handsets with one
> > base
> > (normally), you have a protocol similar to GSM for authentication of
> > the
> > handsets (ETSI makes many mentions of GSM in the DECT spect) and if
> > you
> > get GAP (the encryption algorithm for link layer encryption) generally
> > you can mix and match handsets and base units.
> >
> > Some dect solutions can be had for as little as $100 including the
> > base
> > unit and 1 handset.
> >
> > If you are looking for more robust wireless solutions, elcotel makes a
> > cpci rackable dect base system which allows multiple base stations for
> > better roaming.  And the roaming would be more akin to a mobile phone
> > handoff than wifi - so its faster, easier and generally better.
> > People
> > have connected these elcotel switches to asterisk via the misdn
> > interface.  With this switch I have seen 2000 people on one system, 15
> > or so base stations covering quite a large geography.
> >
> > It does however require more infrastructure than what is generally
> > required for wifi, but then wifi is half duplex and dect isnt, dect
> > has
> > better handoffs than wifi which handoffs are more of a add on later
> > rather than a designed feature.
> >
> >
> >
> >>> I've also tried contacting various vendors such as Polycom, and it
> >>> seems that a lot of them require separate gateway boxes -- the
> >>> handsets aren't speaking SIP directly, or require some other
> >>> server to
> >>> make it work.  That strikes me as overkill.
> >>>
> >
> > and it may be overkill, but it depends on the features you get, if
> > its a
> > good base and allows multiple handsets (each individually
> > addressable so
> > you can make only the ones ring you want, each is a separate channel,
> > etc) then depending on what you need this may be a better option.
> >
> > If however you want a simple all in one solution that is just a wifi
> > sip
> > enabled phone, you are probably going to get many of the problems that
> > you have mentioned before.  The same is true for the lower end dect
> > systems as well.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Trixter http://www.0xdecafbad.com     Bret McDanel
> > Belfast +44 28 9099 6461        US +1 516 687 5200
> > http://www.trxtel.com the phone company that pays you!
> >
> >
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