[Asterisk-Users] Wifi Phones

Jonathan Moore moorejon at usd465.com
Mon Feb 16 20:10:01 MST 2004 

I am also going to share this with the list since it may be helpful for other
Wisip/* users out there.

There are two tricks that I discovered in getting the Wisip to work with *. The
first thing is to go into the Wisip's web config and select the SW/Update
section. There will be an entry for a tftp server. This is tricky because it
looks like an entry to get software updates but it is actually a tftp config
file loader. As with many other entries in the wisip it will not allow you to
put a blank entry. Just put in an fake entry and it works fine. If you don't do
this you will find that no matter how many times you reenter your settings you
will lose all the sips settings on each bootup :-). Note that this will be an
issue even if you explicitly ordered the phone without a FWD config. Even though
they offer the option on the order form they call come configured this way. The
second trick is to change the outgoing proxy port from the fwd/wisip default to
5060. Otherwise it is a pretty standard sip setup. Here is the entry from my
sip.conf file. If you don't have a G.729 licence then you need to switch the
settings to uLaw or aLaw in the codec. Also make sure you match up the dtmf
settings.

[wisip]
type=friend
secret=blah
host=dynamic
context=local
dtmfmode=rfc2833
callerid="Joe Schmoe" <9999>
nat=yes
qualify=1000

When you get it going please compare notes on functionality. So far I am finding
the Wisip likes my brand new Cisco AP1100 a lot more than either an airport or
linksys ap. This could however be wep as my new Ap doesn't have that setup yet.
I also noticed that the volume level varies considerably depending on how you
place the phone next to your ear. It really needs to be lined up just right.
Once I got connected with the cisco and everything running, and the phone placed
correctly against my ear I had one really clear 20 minute call with the unit
while I roamed around the building. The range was really pretty good.


-- 
Jonathan Moore
Director of Technology
Winfield Public Schools
Office 620.221.5100
Fax 620.221.0508


Quoting Gene Brown <geneb at millry.net>:

> Could you send me a copy of your sip.conf for the wisip from Pulver. And
> the config for the phone? I bought one and it worked with FWD but I
> haven't gotten it to work with *. 
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>  
> Thanks 
> Gene Brown
> geneb at millry.net 
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>  
> I don't know if anyone else has worked with Spectralink, but I tried to
> get some demo units to test with a while back and I was really
> disapointed. At first they claimed they were SIP complient. Then they
> sent me a "contract" for the demo. They wouldn't send a demo unless I
> agreed to have them do an onsite install to the tune of nearly $5000. I
> would only have been obligated for the install fees if I decided to buy,
> but not being happy about the install fees and wanting to know why I
> learned more about how the technology works. My sales rep shared that
> the phones aren't actually SIP compliant and work through the SVP server
> to provide SIP compliance to the PBX connection. He also shared that
> they want provide warranty on their products unless they do the install.
> Really turned me off, smelled very proprietary, although SVP QOS is
> pretty cool.
>  
> I just received a Wisip last week and it looks pretty promising,
> although I think my unit may be damaged. Pulver support was also very up
> front with me that they technically only support the Wisip with FWD.
> They have been good to work with me so far, even rushed me a unit when I
> explained I was researching for a large purchase. It definetly connects
> to asterisk, but I think my unit has a bad antena or transmiter. The
> audio drops in and out and the signal strength indicator shows only one
> bar even when only about 25' from the access point.
>  
> Anyone else actually gotten their hands one of these to try with
> Asterik? I would like to buy a couple hundred of them, but they need
> work reliably. I would love to compare notes with someone to see if my
> experiences are a typical.
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>  
> -- 
> Jonathan Moore
> Director of Technology
> Winfield Public Schools
> Office 620.221.5100
> Fax 620.221.0508
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>  
> Quoting Craig Waddington <craig at xmbsystems.com>:
>  
> > Those phones look good, but, only have 10 milliwatt output.
> > 
> > Have you looked at these:
> > 
> > http://www.spectralink.com/products/nl-wts.html
> > 
> > 100mw output.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com
> > [mailto:asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Miguel 
> > Cavazos
> > Sent: 15 February 2004 12:39
> > To: Asterisk Users
> > Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Wifi Phones
> > 
> > Hello list, I was going to buy this weekend a Wisip from 
> > http://www.pulverinnovations.com/, but jeff got out of stock and he 
> > wont have Wisip for the next 3 to 4 weeks. So I start searching for 
> > other wifi phones because I was really upset about it and I found 
> > IPC5000 from http://www.fahdtel.com/sip_phones.htm, I liked so much 
> > the pic that I email the guy and he send me the PDF with all the 
> > details you can find it here 
> > http://mike.calle69.net/IPC5000-brochure.PDF, and its almost the same 
> > price as Wisip.
> > 
> > But when I ask if this phone will work with asterisk I got this answer
> 
> > "We didn't tested on Asteriskt but on IX66, hotsip, Cisoc etc... 
> > However, The IPC5000 should work on other SIP platform without any 
> > problem as it is standard based." I just dont want to spend 290 USD 
> > for a phone that wont work and that no one seems to use here.
> > 
> > So I would like to know if anyone of you guys had try out this model 
> > or seen it working, sorry about the unnesesary traffic to the list, my
> 
> > question is simple would this work against asterisk???? if anyone 
> > knows any other Wifi phones besides Wisip and Ciscos expensive toy 
> > please tell me.
> > 
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