[Asterisk-Users] Which IP phone to use in Australia

[Adam Goryachev]

On Wed, 2005-02-16 at 09:23 +0800, Stuart Elvish wrote:
> What sort of setup is involved for the Cisco as far as config files 
> etc? I am used to plug and play phones (Zyxel, Grandstream, HOP etc) 
> which require minimal configuration and have no licensing issues with 
> them. I know for the Polycom you need to get a TFTP server for XML 
> config files running, and I believe you need something similar for 
> Cisco phones.

Actually, you can get a polycom working without a TFTP server, mine came
with SIP pre-loaded, and I configured it through the web interface. It
worked fine. If you want to configure more settings (fine-tuning) or
deploy more than 2 or 3, then you really want server based config files.

I would also strongly suggest using an FTP server rather than TFTP,
security and flexibility are both much better.

BTW, Polycom *don't* say you can't use their phone in/with any
particular manner/software. All they say is that if the phone breaks,
and it is caused by asterisk, then they won't really help you out.
However, the fact that it works, and works well pretty much says it all.
In my experience (I've had very limited experience with the cisco
phones) the polycom phone is better than the cisco. They are equal in
most ways, except the cisco phones require you to pay some silly
licensing fee, and if you buy the phone second hand, then you can't use
any firmware version without purchasing it extra.... At least polycom
provide the software to download.

Regards,
Adam
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