[Asterisk-Users] RE: auto provision of IP501 polycom

[Damon Estep]

Yep, been there too.

Most cases are MS IIS, so username case is ignored.

Damon

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Noah Miller [mailto:noah at rosecompanies.com]
> Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 9:40 AM
> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> Cc: Damon Estep
> Subject: FW: auto provision of IP501 polycom
> 
> Hi Again Damon -
> 
> I just remembered that the FTP server setup can be tricky, too.  The
> default
> username has capitalized letters, and this doesn't work with a lot of
FTP
> servers.  I had to use ProFTPd to get it done.  I created a user
account
> called plcmspip, and added the following to /etc/proftpd.conf (or
wherever
> you choose to put your config file):
> 
> UserAlias   PlcmSpIp plcmspip
> 
> 
> - Noah
> 
> 
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> From: Noah Miller <noah at rosecompanies.com>
> Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 11:34:31 -0500
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> Cc: <damon at suburbanbroadband.net>
> Conversation: auto provision of IP501 polycom
> Subject: Re: auto provision of IP501 polycom
> 
> Hi Damon -
> 
> > Has anyone been able to get the IP501 to discover the FTP server IP
> > address (via dhcp or dns) and download 100% of the config from a
> > provisioning server?
> 
> Sure, works great!  I'm not sure if you got the TFTP config from the
> gentleman who suggested it, but this is really dependent on what DHCP
> server
> you are using.  For example, we use Cisco routers, and the option to
add
> is:
> 
>     option 66 ascii "xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx"
> 
> where the xxx's are the IP address (I don't think DNS names will
work).
> 
> 
> ISC's DHCP server is a little different:
> 
>     option  tftp-server-name "XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX";
> 
> Yes, it should be tftp-server-name, even if you use FTP (or HTTPS, I
> believe).
> 
> 
> 
> - Noah
> 
> 
> 
> 
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