[Asterisk-Users] OT: Grandstream problems

[Rich Adamson]

> I just got a Grandstream 100 yesterday.  I plugged it into my network and after a few 
seconds it showed the correct
> time and date.  After that I tried to access the built-in web server.  After several 
tries I finally got the login screen.  That
> took about 10 tries before it displayed anything.  Then I entered the default password 
'admin' and clicked the Login
> button.  After that I got nothing.  The phone still seemed to be working - I could press 
the Menu button and the menu
> would come up and I could scroll through it.
> 
> After trying that for awhile, I decided to try a firmware upgrade.  So I entered the 
grandstream tftp server address into
> the phone (168.75.215.189) and it did seem to do the upgrade.  At least I think it did.  
The "P" entry in the revision
> screen shows 1.0.5.16.  There are lots of other revision numbers in there that I'm not 
sure about.
> 
> I also tried changing out the ethernet cable, and plugging it into different ports on my 
Linksys switch (BEFSX41), but
> nothing works.
> 
> Do I just have a bad unit?

Be carefull with assuptions regarding the Linksys. There were several
different models (versions) of that hardware, and the early models
did not support 100 meg ethernet worth a darn. Some packets make
it through and a large number did not. Change the port speed on
your phone to 10 meg (if you can) and try again. (I seen your post
on the ping packet loss and that sort of reminded me of problems
seen before.)

Rich