[asterisk-users] autoprovision 200+ linksys phones setup

[Erick Perez]

Hi there,
We have plans to install an office (not call center) with the following setup:
200 linksys 942 phones (sip + g711) on a LAN
a server with a dual port E1 sangoma and a remora card with 4 fxo modules.
So far when we want to setup a linksys phone, we need to use the http
interface of each phone, disable/enable a lot of things and plug it
into the network. this is not the best scenario for us but im sure
there must be something we can do to speed things up.

We are looking into a distribution (freepbx or pure asterisk,or
something else) with links to documentation to enable autoprovisioning
on the linksys phones.
What we want to achieve is enabling the linksys phones to be plugged
into the lan, grab a configuration from tftp or http and be assigned
the next free extension. (fonality does something like that with
polycoms)

So far, the autoprovisioning links i've found talk about polycom
phones and grandstream. but in this office (and country) linksys is
better to get and much less expensive than polycom phones.

Maybe some distro i haven't checked out that autoprovisions linksys 942?
also, a guidance (howto, manual, web link) on autoprovisioning will be
gladly welcomed.

Thanks,


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Erick Perez
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