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

[Tommaso Calosi]

Guido Hecken wrote:
>> I looked long and hard at the LAN and it was basically narrowed down to
>>     
> the
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>> 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
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>> 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.
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> 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
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I have moved to 3com switches,but  the Snom 320 still locks up, and also 
I don't think it's reasonable to force customers to buy 3com just 
because Snom firmware sucks.