[Asterisk-Users] IAXy playing dead again

[Arthur B Olsen]

So i guess were screwed. These unusable thingies are quite expensive.
Good thing i only bought two.
Now im really nervous about the isdn pri card i bought. Gonna try it out 
tonight. Hope its different.

Is the software for iaxy open source. Then maby it can be fixed.

On Wednesday 22 December 2004 20:22, Erik Espinoza wrote:
> As much as I appreciate the work done by Digium on Asterisk, it
> appears as though the IAXy is not ready for prime time.
>
> 1) IAXy has no security of any kind, anyone with iaxyprov can
> reprovision your device without so much as a password!!!
> 2) The IAXy doesn't work with regular dhcp, it uses bootp (thus never
> renews an address, which confuses quite a bit of dhcp servers)
> 3) Supports only two codecs, pcm/ulaw
> 4) Not configurable via http
> 5) No default IP (usually not a problem, if the damn thing would do
> dhcp!!!) 6) Cost almost twice as much as Sipura SPA-1001
>
> I'm mentioning this in the mailing list because when I had issues
> getting the IAXy to get an ip from a Microsoft DHCP Server, Digium
> instructed me to ask in the mailing list or on irc.
>
> Digium charges quite a heavy premium for their equipment, and gives
> away their software. Weird how Asterisk is the coolest thing since
> sliced bread but their hardware is somethin right outta the trash
> heap.
>
> On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 11:12:00 -0600, Jay Milk <jay at skimmilk.net> wrote:
> > Sounds like a thermal problem -- which most "intermittent" problems are.
> > Had this happen with a network switch in my home office.  Pull it out,
> > disconnect it and put it in a cool spot for a few hours.  If the problem
> > goes away, see whether you can stabilize the environmentals.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Wilson Pickett [mailto:spamsucks2005 at gmail.com]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 10:26 AM
> > > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> > > Subject: [Asterisk-Users] IAXy playing dead again
> > >
> > >
> > > It's happened before, cleared up and now it happened again.
> > >
> > > The IAXy, working for a total of about 6 months.
> > >
> > > Symptoms:
> > >
> > > Registered with asterisk and even receives calls (the LED shows it's
> > > ringing) but phones connected to it are dead.
> > >
> > > Same phones work connected directly to the phone line.
> > > Cable swapped out, no difference.
> > > Endless re-provision (with normal looking output)  and power
> > > recycling.
> > >
> > > This really looks like a dead FXS - except - this has
> > > happened before and it came back.
> > >
> > > Comments? Suggestions?
> > >
> > > As a TV repairman once told me, "The most obscene word in
> > > technology is 'Intermittent' "
> >
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