[Asterisk-Users] GrandStream Budgetone Phone & DHCP & General Observations

[TeleSIP]

I am also looking for a NAT-Friendly tftp server too.  Let me know if you
find one please.

Thanks,
Andres

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nicolas Bougues" <nbougues-listes at axialys.net>
To: <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 11:18 AM
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] GrandStream Budgetone Phone & DHCP & General
Observations


> On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 10:42:02AM -0500, Glenn Dalgliesh wrote:
> > Symptom: Phone after about 15mins will stop functioning
> > Problem: DHCP lease renewed but default route dropped
> > Fix: Assign a static ip and problem is resolved. Upgrade to new firmware
once it is released
> >
> > It turn's out that these phones have a few issue in 1.0.3.81
> > firmware. The phone may stop transmitting packets if configured with
> > DHCP, if DHCP is being provided by certain devices. Netopia routers
> > have been confirmed in this category. It turns out that there is
> > some differences btw the implementation of DHCP btw different vendor
> > and this is causing the phone to loose it default route and stop
> > transmitting packets approx 15mins after the phone receives it's
> > lease after reboot. GrandStream says this will be fixed in the next
> > release.
> >
>
> Interesting. We have 6 GS phones, one is 1.0.3.81 and has this
> behaviour, the others, 1.0.4.17 are ok. The DHCP server is Linux
> dhcpd.
>
> In a remote office, they have an Allied Telesyn router providing DHCP,
> and all the phones, no matter the version, work well.
>
> On a slightly different topic : does somebody know of a NAT-friendly
> (as Grandstream means it) tftpd server ? It seems theirs replies from
> port 69, which is the only thing their phones will accept.
>
> [ If anybody wants it, I can send the 1.0.4.17 firmware by email ].
> -- 
> Nicolas Bougues
> Axialys Interactive
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