[Asterisk-Users] Snom firmwares suck <--additional datapoint to consider

[Guido Hecken]

> 
> I looked long and hard at the LAN and it was basically narrowed down to
the
> switches. In this smaller install, several cheapo Dlink ($30) switches
> de-aggregate a Cisco Catalyst switch. What I noticed was that any phone
> plugged direcly into the Catalyst did *not* lock up or reboot. Any phone
> plugged into the crap switches experienced the lockup. So now we are down
to
> the cheap switches themselves. We are nuking the Dlink switches and
> replacing them with 3com workgroup switches, same as what we use in the
> large install to good effect, and I fully expect the problem to dissapear.

We had the same problems with some cheap LevelOne Switches.
The Snoms rebooted during a call, calls dropped etc.
Replacing the switches was the solution.

Guido