[Asterisk-Users] Cisco 7960 phones.

[Ariel Batista]

Brian West wrote:
> What firmware did you upgrade to?
>
> If its version 5.0 and above the default password is cisco and to
> unlock it you press settings then 9.
>
> NO cisco's docs are simple.. You are just trying too hard.

I want to thank you for the password of cisco.  It worked. I have
finally gotten the phone to work.  Now to start setting all the new
bells and tones it has!  I still think that they have over done the
settings on the phone!

> bkw
>
> On Tue, 23 Dec 2003, Ariel Batista wrote:
>
>> I have found a phone that I wish I had not!  This is by far the worst
>> phone to setup.  I have finally upgraded it to Sip but once this got
>> done it I am not able to get it unlocked so I can enter the rest of
>> the settings.  So if anyone out there can tell me how to setup my
>> DNS server to tell it where the tftp is located (Windows 2000 DNS
>> server) or please let me have the default password.  I called Cisco
>> and they said I can change it with the tftp setup and that is all
>> they said. (They also said to use Skinny and not SIP) Not much help
>> from there support contract we have on with them!  Why have they
>> made a phone that is so hard to get working!  I feel that Cisco does
>> not understand the KISS format!  I have read the Wiki and the setup
>> is listed there incorrectly as 9740/9760 instead of 7940/7960 (Can
>> someone rename that please).
>>
>> Thank you all for allowing to do a little venting as well.  Sorry did
>> not mean to do this!  But this has gotten me to loose hair and I
>> don't have much left!
>>
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