[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.
>         > 
>         > 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
> 
>     Thanks for the feedback (and the reply from Dave Cotton as well).  I'm going to try 
the phone on a completely
>     different network and see what happens.
> 
> For the record, the problem was an incompatibility between the Budgetone and the Linksys 
ethernet ports.  I plugged a
> KTI 10Mb hub between the Linksys and the Budgetone and it started working.  Don't plug a 
Budgetone 101 into a
> Linksys BEFSX41.

OR, downgrade the Budgetone to 10 meg, or, replace the linksys with a newer one.