[Asterisk-Users] Snom firmwares suck

[Remco Barende]

On Fri, 19 May 2006, Steve Davies wrote:

> On 5/19/06, Remco Barende <asterisk at barendse.to> wrote:
>> Most people seem quite positive about Snom phones, I cannot share this
>> opinion.
>> 
>> The displays are dying quite often, and firmware is buggy. I have tried
>> every firmware from 4.5 up to 5.x and 6.04 but keep having problems with
>> phones locking up or rebooting during an ongoing conversation.
>> 
>> REALLY annoying for a phone that is advertised / targeted as a business
>> class phone
>
> Hmmm... A random statement out of the blue... I assume that you meant
> to add "Does any kind soul have a suggestion to help out?" :-)
>
> I find that the snom phones can be over-sensetive to network glitches,
> which with the default configuration can cause a reboot (usually
> caused by cheap switches). Try changing the reboot on ethernet unplug
> setting to "ignore".

Tried setting the phone to ignore, it didn't help. Still the phone 
reboots occasionally during a conversation.

But thanks for the suggestion!