[Asterisk-Users] WiFi Phones

[Matt Love]

Hi 

I have a Zyxel 2000W wifi phone, setup is easy and quick to perform. However
I have found the range less that satisfactory. I have a Cisco 1200 AP and
our wireless laptop devices can acccess the network fine, however the Zyxel
is pretty rubbish. For example I can be 5 metres away with only a single
brick wall in the way and hardly have signal. It could be this particular
handset has a problem. I would be interested to see if anyone else has a
similar experience or could it be my phone?

Matt 

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[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of ADEGOKE ARUNA
Sent: 07 October 2005 09:41
To: 'Andy Hamilton'; 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial
Discussion'
Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] WiFi Phones

Can you try zyxel. I has graphical interface to do the configuration.

goksie

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[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Andy Hamilton
Sent: Friday, October 07, 2005 4:55 AM
To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] WiFi Phones

> Anyone have good words to say about any of the WiFi handsets currently
> available?

The UTStarCom F1000 (an 802.11b device) works pretty well. It's about
half the $$$ of a Cisco 7920 (which are also pretty nice), but it
seems like most of the config is done from the keypad. There is a TFTP
option, but it seems that isn't quite perfect. You could check the
manual (I programmed the unit without that, except to find that the
default password is 888888).

The unit, I'm guessing, was designed somewhere in Asia, and the
language translation shows it a little bit. Sound quality seems pretty
good for the few calls I've passed through it. I only have one AP in
my house, so I can't comment on roaming. The headset for my cell phone
is stereo, and I think the phone would be most happy with a standard 3
conductor plug, but I imagine a headset on a phone is a headset on a
phone.

The keypad is a touch small, and sometimes I hit the wrong key (and my
fingers aren't terribly fat). I also seemed to have a problem
transferring calls (using the built in transfer function -- # should
still work). Despite many vendors' pages saying that it does 802.1x
authentication, it sure looks like WEP is the only available
"security" option.

Overall: I would recommend purchasing one, for testing at the very least.
 They are well priced and of good quality.

Battery life seems to be pretty good, too.

-A
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