[Asterisk-Users] why even use SIP

[Dana Olson]

On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 16:13:12 -0500, Time Bandit <timebandit001 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > So how am I going to provision the device in the first place, to be
> > able to dial this extension, if I don't even know the IP?
> Oups, sorry, didn't think about this one.
> 
> Check winiaxyprov, the version 1.01 can scan your network to find
> IAXy. Now the only thing we need is for Digium to write the MAC
> address on the device before sending it in the open world. Because if
> you have more than one on your network, you can't really know which
> one you need to provision.
> 
> hth


Yeah, I found that app earlier in the thread and thanked whoever it
was (maybe you, can't remember) for linking to it. It's handy, as I
had no way to determine the MAC or IP address prior to this, my IAXys
kinda sat on the shelf collecting dust. (I did bring one home and
plugged it into my Linksys router, but that's hardly an option in a
large IT organization with many IAXys.)

My company has thousands of entries in the DHCP server, and it would
take forever to go through each and every one of them. Not to mention
that I, being in the telecom division, do not have access to the DHCP
servers.

Luckily I actually have a Windows desktop here at work. I'd like a
scanner like that for Linux though. Maybe it's possible with some
other kind of application?

Anyhow, I still think it wouldn't kill them to add an IP address
feature or something (an alternative would be to allow the iaxyprov
tool to provision by MAC or IP, and yes, start labeling the devices
with their MACs).

To me, it just doesn't seem like a product that was really ready for
release yet. I think it could be really great after a bit of
development though, and wouldn't discourage Digium from doing so, but
for now, our company can't really use these for many applications.
--
Dana