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

[Alessio Focardi]

Hi, Ciao

I have a bunch (> 30) 320's connected to HP switches, fw version 6.0.4

They work great but occasionally they where signalling the warning "network
cable disconnected".






Monday, May 29, 2006, 10:38:09 AM, you wrote:

TC> Guido Hecken wrote:
>>> 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
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TC> I have moved to 3com switches,but  the Snom 320 still locks up, and also
TC> I don't think it's reasonable to force customers to buy 3com just 
TC> because Snom firmware sucks.
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 Alessio                            mailto:afoc at interconnessioni.it