[asterisk-users] autoprovision 200+ linksys phones setup

[arkda]

The SPA942s configure very readily through TFTP. You can utilize DHCP to
point to your TFTP server (option 150 I think), and the phones look for a
file called spa<mac_address>.cfg.

The TFTP config files are pretty straightforward and easy to configure. I
usually just keep a spa-template.cfg and the individual customized lines at
the top of the file to make for easy editing.

If you're looking to automate the file creation, it's very possible to write
a shell script that does most of this automatically, prompting for the
information as it creates the file.

On Jan 26, 2008 2:09 PM, Erick Perez <eaperezh at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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