[Asterisk-Users] WiFi Phones

[Angus Comber]

wireless generally struggles with brick walls.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matt Love" <matt.love at interface-devices.com>
To: "'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion'" 
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Sent: Friday, October 07, 2005 9:55 AM
Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] WiFi Phones


> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
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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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