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

[Dave Cotton]

On Fri, 2006-05-26 at 10:11 +0200, Remco Barende wrote:

> Thanks for your input!
> 
> Previously I was using Nortel 10/100 switches, I replaced them some 
> weeks ago with 3C16479 gbit switches. The phones are connected directly to 
> the gbit switches. By coincidence I dit notice on one phone that in a 
> split second a message appeared 'Ethernet cable disconnected'. Because I 
> have cable unplug set to ignore the conversation was not interrupted and 
> the conversation could continue.
> 
> But that still doesn't solve the occasional lockup.
> 
> One phone was giving me *lots* more reboots than others but that was due 
> to it running firmware 6.0.4 without having the ramdisk converted to jffs. 
> Apparently the firmware didn't like that at all or just runs out of 
> memory and decides to reboot.

Looks like you're getting somewhere now. That was my real complaint "xyz
sucks" helps no one. As I said in my reply I've never had such problems
with SNOM, perhaps it's because I've always used decent switches.


-- 
Dave Cotton <dcotton at linuxautrement.com>