[asterisk-users] ATA recommendation (wih FTP provisioning)

[Jeff LaCoursiere]

On Thu, 26 Feb 2009, Wilton Helm wrote:

> Just beware that most PAP2s on places like E-Bay are from Vonage.  They 
> lock the things up quite seriously.  There are procedures out there to 
> unlock them but it requires stuff like setting up an isolated LAN with a 
> DNS server and FTP server and a special file.  If someone would make a 
> live boot Linux disk that had it all set up it might be a useful 
> service, but in the mean time, it wasn't worth my time, so I just wasted 
> some money.  The one with the letter T on the end is supposed to be 
> general purpose and open.  A lot of people don't know the difference 
> until after they've wasted their money.  Also they make the mistake of 
> putting the thing on line immediately and it goes to Vonage and get the 
> latest upgrade, making it even harder to unlock.
>
> Wilton
>

Actually you want the one with "-NA" at the end.  That means it is 
unlocked and open.  So look specifically for "Linksys PAP2T-NA".

If it has "-R" on the end it is made for a specific ITSP.

j