[Asterisk-Users] Grandstream GXP-2000

[mustardman29]

The GXP2000 firmware is not bad for features and ease of use but still
buggy.  The hardware is junk to be quite honest and I don't think firmware
will ever fix that.  The Aastra 9133i hardware is 10x better.  The 9133i
firmware is still a work in progress though but they are coming out with new
firmware every few months and each iteration improves the operation.  Long
term I believe any of the Aastra phones are a MUCH better.   

-----Original Message-----
From: Michiel van Baak [mailto:michiel at vanbaak.info] 
Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 11:49 AM
To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Grandstream GXP-2000

On 13:38, Fri 17 Feb 06, Clint Sharp wrote:
> I'm still having numerous echo issues, even on SIP calls, with the 
> GXP-2000s.  Unfortunately, they cause echo on the remote end on SIP 
> calls, which does not occur on other phone models.  The speaker phone 
> is unusable due to echo problems.  Maybe the 1.0.2 firmware branches 
> will help, but I'm scared of upgrading with no path back to a stable 
> firmware.  They're really nice hardware, but unfortunately the 
> software for them just stinks (no gain control on the handsets or 
> speakerphones, lots of missing options I'd like).  Unfortunately, I 
> have yet to find a sub $100US phone that I like.  I definitely would not
order 15 until I'd ordered a couple and tested.

I know it's still beta, but don't use the latest firmware in production
unless you can live with an empty display after transferring a call.
Only a reboot of the phone will give you text on the display again.
I tested and confirmed this with 5 phones.
No problems when using the latest stable firmware.

We don't use the speakerphone so I don't know about that, but we have no
echo issues using the handset.

The Aastra phones are really close in price, really should get one so I can
test those.

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