[Asterisk-Users] Cisco 7960 on Asterisk?

[Tom Rymes]

An easier route is to have the vendor upgrade to SIP (usually for an  
additional charge. I've seen from $5 to $30) That way you don't have  
to get a contract, you don't have to find the files, and you don't  
have to fiddle with the firmware to get it to work. I have done both,  
and I think that if you can get the vendor to do it for $5-$10US,  
it's worth it.

Tom
On Jul 14, 2005, at 9:39 AM, Roland Zagler wrote:

> Hi Michael,
>
> i run several 7960 and 7940 on our network, and they run smooth
> and without any complications.
>
> you will have to upgrade them using the SIP firmware from Cisco
> (i use versions 7.4 and 7.5 at the moment), you can download them
> from Cisco's Homepage but you will need a CCO account with a contract
> for that (or grab then via the e*onkey network, search for "P0S3",
> 0 is "zero", not the letter "O"!!!). You should use
> SIP on the phone that supports many more features of Asterisk's SIP
> channel than any other implementation.
>
> all is well documented on the wiki on how to upgrade the phone but
> unfortunately you will have to spend some time in setting up your
> asterisk and the TFTP-configs for the phone to get it working  
> properly.
>
> some links i used in the most early state of getting them to work:
>
> http://www.voip-info.org/tiki-index.php?page=Setup%20SiP%20on% 
> 207940%20-
> %207960
> http://www.it4u2.com/asterisk2.htm
> http://www.voip-info.org/tiki-index.php?page=Asterisk+phone+cisco+79xx
>
> once you upgraded your phone to SIP firmware, which is the most tricky
> part of the work, the configuration of Asterisk should be done in a
> few hours for a newbie to Asterisk.
>
> Hope this helps!
>
> Regards,
> Roland
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> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Michael
> Felder
> Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 3:00 PM
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> Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Cisco 7960 on Asterisk?
>
> Hello,
>
> I am just building my first Asterisk server.
>
> Looking for a couple of good quality ip phones.
> I like the Cisco 7960, are they easy to configure to work with  
> Asterisk?
>
> What are the alternatives, with a good speaker phone, and simple clean
> and stylish look like the Cisco?
>
> I appreciate your advice.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Michael Felder
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