[Asterisk-Users] Any suggestions for an IP phone? TFTP fixed

[Rich Adamson]

As others have already stated, be careful with assumptions using
tftp. You'll chase your tail off trying to figure out why certain
things don't work as expected. Very strongly suggest ftp instead. :)

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> Hi, all
> 
> Stupid me! Under RH (FC3) tftp server is part of xinet. So, I have enabled 
> the tftp server and set all up and I forgot to restart xinet! Dough!
> Now I am having fun setting up phone.
> 
> Rudolf
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> 
> > rudolfl at optusnet.com.au wrote:
> >
> >>Polycom does not support Asterisk. Thsi does not mean phones do not work 
> >>with it.
> >>
> >>Rudolf
> >>P.S. I am having troubles setting up Polycom 300 with tftp server. By some 
> >>reason phones always say "can not contact boot server". Phones are set to 
> >>use tftp and correct boot server IP is set via dhcp.
> >>I will investigate further, but any suggestions are appreciated.
> >>
> >>
> > I always use FTP instead, it works famously. Make sure you configure the 
> > ftp server in DHCP or in the ftp servers settings, as an IP of course, and 
> > that you change the ftp password to the password for the user PlcmSpIp on 
> > the server.
> >
> > After that it's flawless.
> >
> > >Polycom does not support Asterisk.
> > Polycom, the company, does not support the use of the phones with 
> > Asterisk. Who cares? SIP is a standard, we don't need any help from them 
> > and we don't need their blessing. The phones are excellent quality and 
> > work very well with Asterisk, there's no support issue.