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

[Rich Adamson]

Remco Barende wrote:
> On Fri, 26 May 2006, Dave Cotton wrote:
> 
>> 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.
>>>
>> 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.
> 
> You mean that 3Com switches are not to be regarded as decent switches? 
> At least Snom could have put some remark then that you need a certain 
> brand of switches.  If 3Com is not good enough for the phones I would 
> have bought different phones.

Blaming the 3com switch is very likely to be the wrong root cause. High 
probability the 3com was not configured properly for the phone.