[Asterisk-Users] GXP-2000 any good with * ?

[Ross C]

I like them.  IMO, you can't beat them for the money.  My first SIP phone
order was a bunch of GXP-2000's, some Polycom 601's, and 2 Snom 320's (now
discontinued I think).  The Polycom has the best feel/quality, but it was
hundreds more.
The speakerphone on the GXP-2000 leaves a bit to be desired. And they also
need to work on getting the volume louder (from both the speakerphone and
the handset) without it getting distorted or causing echo or blowing up.
I've had trouble getting call forwarding to work reliably.  I can enable
call forwarding, but when I try to disable it, it doesn't work right; when I
dial *73 or whatever it is to disable the call forwarding, after I press the
"3", I get a dial tone again (when I should get a response from the Asterisk
server telling me that call forwarding has been disabled).  Maybe there's a
fix for this....I dunno.
Another problem I have sometimes is the phone locking up on reboot.  This
kinda puts the hurt on the whole 'remote management' concept because you're
forced to go power cycle the phone when it locks up.  Since I've had all of
mine setup, I've had to do this a large handful of times; not enough to
justify throwing them out the window, but enough to be very annoying.

Ultra simple to configure.  Looking at the PDF manual didn't even cross my
mind when I started configuring them.  The default password is "admin";
that's about the only non-obvious piece of information when doing the basic
configuration.  The built in switch doesn't require any configuration to
use; just connect a computer to the 'PC' port on the back of the phone.

FYI--I'm using 1.0.1.13 for the firmware version (beta, but works well--at
least better than other versions)

All in all, I'd recommend them if you're on a budget.  At <$100, they're a
good deal IMHO.  Lots of features and it seems like they're actively working
on improving the firmware and features....at least some.


-ross

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Subject: [Asterisk-Users] GXP-2000 any good with * ?

Anyone using the GXP-2000 with * ?

Any showstopper problems?

The echo issues, is it speakerphone only?

-Dan
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