[Asterisk-Users] Sipura 3000 FXO

[Benjamin on Asterisk Mailing Lists]

On Fri, 1 Oct 2004 22:24:47 -0500 (CDT), Joe Greco <jgreco at ns.sol.net> wrote:
> We had manually configured it onto our network (no DHCP) and all was fine,
> and then we downloaded the Sipura firmware update (Windows), and ran it.

See, that's what you get if you use Windoze. You have to admit, you
deserved the punishment ;-)

Next time, use the HTTP/TFTP method to upgrade firmware and put the
firmware on an HTTP or TFTP server that doesn't run Windoze. You'll be
a lot safer.

> I've updated firmware on hundreds of different kinds of devices, and while
> I have occasionally made a mistake and blown something up, this is one of
> a very small number of times where there was no obvious reason for it to
> have gone awry.

There's always a first time and Windoze is always a perfect reason for
stuff to go awry.

> The only thing that struck me as possibly a bit different from normal was
> that we had configured the IP configuration manually.  And, boy, that
> process is sure SWEET!

I still think it is a bit silly to require an analog phone for setting
up the initial IP address of a device which some people will buy only
for its FXO port. There should be a factory setting that puts the
device on a certain private IP so you can just point your browser at
that and configure the SPA without having to use an analog phone.

rgds
benjk

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