[Asterisk-Users] using broadvoice and vonage hardware withAsterisk

[Charlie Hedlin]

When I canceled my service they unlocked it for me for $15 (on top of 
the disconnect fee).  Interestingly, they said I could return the device 
and avoid the disconnect fee even though I didn't have the packaging.

Tim Petlock wrote:

>That worked with older versions of the ATA-186 firmware.  Cisco gave
>providers like Vonage another level of locking to block that FACTRESET
>code from working on ATA's that they'd locked.  ATA's in the field got
>the new lock through a firmware update.  
>
>They can choose to unlock the ATA and allow the FACTRESET code to work
>again, but it's not likely you can get them to do it.
>
>Tim
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
>[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Stewart
>Nelson
>Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 8:16 AM
>To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
>Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] using broadvoice and vonage hardware
>withAsterisk
>
>
>I believe that you should be able to reset any 186 to factory settings:
>Pick up phone, press function button, enter 322873738#, and confirm
>the reset with *.  Then, you can use the Web interface and/or IVR to
>configure the ATA for use with Asterisk.
>
>However, there is no easy way to configure Asterisk to use your Vonage
>hardphone account, because the required credentials are transmitted
>in encrypted form to the ATA, and reset to factory settings will wipe
>them out.
>
>--Stewart
>
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