[asterisk-users] Polycom or Linksys phones bootp tftp config setup

[Stephen Bosch]

JR Richardson wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> Has anyone gotten the polycoms or the linksys phones to accept oprtion
> 66 on the dhcp request for the address of the tftp config server?
> 
> We have the dhcp server issuing the proper IP of the tftp server, but
> the phones just sit there and never try to contact the tftp server for
> their configs.  We can see the proper option going from the dhcp to
> the phones with ethereal trace.

I cannot speak to the Linksys phones.

The Polycoms need to be told in the console to use tftp. They are set to
use ftp by default.

Once set, they will honour a DHCP message containing the tftp server
address.

-Stephen-