Hacking those Cisco ATA WAS: [Asterisk-Users] Vonage and * (and what about those ATAs?)

[Jay Milk]

No dice -- FACTRESET hasn't worked on ATA186s for about a year now.  I
even had a Vonage rep try to walk me through the FACTRESET once and he
was surprised to encounter the PASSWD prompt.  I've tried TFTPing the
firmware from the listed address (copied from Net2Phone site, I think)
without success (using a TFTP client, not the ATA).

-----Original Message-----
From: asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Joe Baptista
Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 5:49 AM
To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
Subject: Hacking those Cisco ATA WAS: [Asterisk-Users] Vonage and * (and
what about those ATAs?)



I have not tried this

http://www.tmcnet.com/it/0703/0703CC.htm

but hopefully it will save the two of you 15 bucks.

regards
joe

On Thu, 29 Apr 2004, Jay Milk wrote:

> This is straight from the horse's mouth -- Vonage will unlock my ATA 
> for $15.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com
> [mailto:asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Timothy 
> Spaulding
> Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 7:54 PM
> To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Vonage and * (and what about those 
> ATAs?)
>
>
> Will Vonage unlock your ATA for you for the $15? Or someone else?
>
> I have an ATA from them I would like to use with asterisk as well. 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com
> [mailto:asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Jay Milk
> Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 8:16 PM
> To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Vonage and * (and what about those ATAs?)
>
> I asked Vonage innocently about Asterisk integration -- basically 
> explaining that any line that comes in on an ATA (rather than direct 
> to the * server) costs me an extra $80 for an FXO card.  Made the 
> statement that I pretty much need to quit my $60/month Vonage habit 
> unless they provide Asterisk support.
>
> Response was that they are currently working on it (I offered 
> beta-assistance, but they're "not that far yet").  Bottom line: No 
> Asterisk support in the near future.
>
> Next I inquired about the fate of my two ATAs:  Cancelling will get me

> charged $40 cancellation fee.  For an additional $15, I can have them 
> unlocked -- and "they're fully usable, you won't need a Cisco 
> license". Considering that sending them back will probably cost me 
> $10, I can keep my two used ATA186s for $50/each.  I don't like having

> to pay for the "free ATA" that was advertised, but I don't think I'll 
> be able to get two working ATAs for the same price anywhere else.
>
> Vonage, thine days are numbered.
>
> On the up-side, I got my RH9 system set up with Asterisk (CVS 4/28), 
> one SIP phone, IAXTel and FWD.  Amazingly trouble-free installation, 
> except for the choppy voice-mail prompts (I know, no zaptel card yet).

> Asterisk rocks, but I'm sure you people know that.
>
> Now off to ordering my hardware from the good folks at Digium.
>
>
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