[asterisk-users] UTStarcom F1000 - WLAN connection unreliable

[Gordon Henderson]

On Tue, 20 Feb 2007, Cyril Mandrilly wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I've been working on these phones for more than 6 month,
> I have exactly the same topology and same issues.
> I met the guys from UTstarcom, we are currently working with them to try to
> solve the issues.
> I'm waiting a new release for F1000 (do you have F1000 or F1000 G?)
>
> I also try the F3000, I have globally the same issues. (Disconnection,
> sometimes it reconnects, sometimes no)
>
> Do you also have voice quality issues with it or the sound is 'perfect'?

For me, I have the F1000G. Voice quality is good - only tried uLaw codec, 
so I'd expect it to be as good as anything else. I'd love to recomend 
these to clients (they even have a neat little desk stand/charger, standby 
+ talk time is fantastic), but the frustration at keeping synced is, er, 
frustrating!

Gordon


  >
> Cdt
>
> Cyril
>
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] De la part de Anselm Martin
> Hoffmeister
> Envoyé : lundi 19 février 2007 20:33
> À : Asterisk Users
> Objet : [asterisk-users] UTStarcom F1000 - WLAN connection unreliable
>
> Hi list,
>
> I bought two UTStarcom F1000 phones, pre-equipped with the latest
> firmware, including WPA support. Those are configured to register to an
> asterisk server on the internet (not LAN), and registration works.
> Calling and being called also, with transfer and all bells and whistles.
>
> After a few minutes up to 5 hours (varies widely), the display tells me
> that an Accesspoint is not available (although it is, with the other
> phone or a laptop). It will only re-find the WLAN after either powering
> down the phone, or going into the WLAN settings menu, down to any
> setting, OK'ing that and "activating" that WLAN setting.
>
> I used any of the profiles 1 to 4 in the meantime, all the same results.
> I tried changing from WPA to WEP-128 to unencrypted WLAN, IP via DHCP
> versus static IP, DNS via DHCP (while IP came from DHCP) versus static
> DNS server, registering to a domain name versus registering to the
> appropriate IP address - to no avail. I had both phones turned on at
> times, or only one, that would not make a difference.
>
> This occurs with both phones, and on Accesspoints from Buffalo(OpenWRT),
> Fon (LaFonera), AVM (FritzBoxFon 7050), and T-Com (Eumex something). I
> did not cross-test all possible combinations - that would be a lot - but
> quite some.
>
> Does anyone know of those problems, and possibly have a solution? Or
> just a good idea?
>
> Is there a "known reliable setup"? Would anyone care to post what makes
> his asterisk work with the F1000 (WLAN settings, and sip.conf settings,
> just to go sure?) Would chances of a working setup increase with
> asterisk on the LAN (which would make those phones worthless for me...)?
>
> My sip.conf relevant parts are
>
> [sip505]
> mailbox=05
> callerid=505
> type=friend
> username=sip505
> secret=abcd123
> context=sipclient
> host=dynamic
> nat=yes
> disallow=all
> allow=alaw
> allow=gsm
> allow=ulaw
>
> Thanks for all input,
>
> Anselm
>
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