[Asterisk-Users] WiFi Phones

[Vahan Yerkanian]

Andy Hamilton wrote:
>>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).
[snip]
> 
> 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.

Bought one from VoipSupply too,

And yes, it doesn't support 802.1x radius auth (no place to select 
method, client certificate, etc). I've contacted voipsupply support 
about this and asked them to remove the 802.1x support listed on the 
product pages but got a cryptic reply that the phone does support 802.1x 
MD5.. (md5 is just a method of one of not supported 802.1x auths).

Also, the max volume for the headpiece was actually quite low - in noisy 
environments as on streets you'll have hard time listening to the 
conversation.

Overall, this phone is OK for home and small office use, nothing more.

Just my $0.02 in,
Vahan