[Asterisk-Users] WiFi Phones

[Denis Galvão - iSolve]

Wait for the next UTStarCom version... Called F3000, Im not sure, but  
something like that.

It will have better battery performance and will have 802.11g  
support, and many other improvements. It will be available soon.

Denis.



On 07 de out de 2005, at 00:54, 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).
>
> 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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