[asterisk-users] autoprovision 200+ linksys phones setup

[arkda]

Details on the TFTP configs can be found in the 'IP Phone Administrator
Guide' here:

http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Product_C2&childpagename=US%2FLayout&cid=1139435695017&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper

On Jan 26, 2008 3:17 PM, arkda <thrills3k3r at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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