[Asterisk-Users] Linksys WIP300 WiFi Phone

[Omar A. Sabek]

I purchased my WIP300 from voipsupply.com, as far as I know they are
the only ones carrying it.

Cheers,

Omar

On 2/27/06, Me <gotvoip at gmail.com> wrote:
> Where are you folks getting the best deal on this phone right now?
>
> After my experience with the last Wifi phone, I am a little gunshy at
> the moment. I am not sure if I should wait to see how this product
> plays out or not.
>
>
>
> On 2/27/06, Philip Edelbrock <phil at netroedge.com> wrote:
> >
> > Omar A. Sabek wrote:
> > > Like BJ, I'm sorry you had bad luck Phil. I have been playing with
> > > this phone all weekend, and I have had minor problems. The voice
> > > quality is as good as my cisco and polycom sip phones. I asked a
> > > friend to guess what kind of phone I was talking on and he said it
> > > sounded like a regular home or office phone. I have been very happy
> > > with the voice quality.
> >
> > My first day was a huge disappointment.  Three crashes, calls wouldn't
> > work over my work's wifi (eventhough it registered ok), short battery
> > time, lost settings after a crash, etc.
> >
> > However, after I went in and cleared my settings back to default, the
> > troubles went away!  I'm been using it for over three days without a glitch.
> >
> > So, I would recommend to anybody else who is getting one of these
> > phones, to immediately set all settings back to 'default' (under the
> > Tools menu) before spending too much time configuring it.
> >
> > > I reported on the voip-info page dismal talk times but it must have
> > > been an anomoly. Today I spoke for over an hour on the phone and still
> > > had plenty of juice left.
> >
> > My battery life seems to have improved as well.  I don't know if that's
> > was a glitch fixed by setting things back to the defaults, or if cycling
> > the battery is helping.  I also have less of a tendency to play with the
> > menus, and the backlight could be a power drainer (it is quite bright).
> >
> > >
> > > All-in-all this phone is a winner. It works with Asterisk flawlessly.
> >
> > As long as my troubles don't come back, I would agree.  I think my phone
> > was shipped to me in a funny state causing it not to work right. It's a
> > winner now.
> >
> > There are some little things I would wish for, but I'm quite happy with it.
> >
> >
> > Phil
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