[asterisk-users] Cisco IP Phones and Skinny in asterisk

[Robert-iPhone]

I also had trouble w/ these phones at first. There was a DHCP option (?81?) you'll have to google it.
The phones would not talk to tftp until I set dhcp option.
The console aux cable is easy to build and VERY useful


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On Jun 13, 2011, at 8:31 PM, Mark Engelhardt <marke at intuitiveengineering.com> wrote:

> Bilal,
> 
> I suggest you turn on logging on your tftp server to see what files are actually being requested, and if the the tftp server is dishing them out... Try adding a few v's to your tftp setup:
> 
> File: /etc/xinetd.d/tftp
> Line to change: server_args = -s /tftpboot -v -v -v
> 
> Look in /var/log/messages for the output. 
> 
> Also, I believe your 7942G has a console/aux port which is a serial port, you can learn what is happening as the phone boots up with that too. 
> 
> Good Luck! 
> 
> Mark
> 
> 
> On Jun 13, 2011, at 3:02 PM, bilal ghayyad wrote:
> 
>> Dears;
>> 
>> The Asterisk version is 1.8.3.2
>> 
>> The Cisco IP Phone is 7942G and it is running now skinny.
>> 
>> The used TFTP is tftp-server which is installed in fedora.
>> 
>> I placed the following two files (but look like it was not taken from the TFTP, as nothing appeared in the messages), but I am able to to ping from the asterisk box to the vlan that the Phone is connected, so no problem in the reachability:
>> 
>> 
>> SEPB8BEBF22AB62.cnf.xml
>> xmlDefault.CNF.XML
>> 
>> Are the files name correct? Or the Cisco IP Phone 7942G are not working fine with Asterisk or the tftp-server?
>> 
>> Regards
>> Bilal
>> 
>> --------------------
>> 
>>>> Hi All;
>>>> 
>>>> Can anyone advise if using Cisco IP Phones
>>> 
>>> Which model(s) are you planning to use ?
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> in skinny protocol is fine or not? Or it is better to
>>> use it in SIP
>>>> protocol?
>>>> 
>>>> 
>> --------------
>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> On 06/13/2011 01:04 PM, bilal ghayyad wrote:
>>>> Can anyone advise if using Cisco IP Phones in skinny
>>> protocol is fine or not? Or it is better to use it in SIP
>>> protocol?
>>> 
>>> SCCP works better than SIP in my opinion as there are more
>>> features.
>>> Check out http://chan-sccp-b.sourceforge.net/
>>> 
>> 
> 
> 
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