[asterisk-users] Best ATA. Period.

[Tim Johnson]

Quoting SIP <sip at arcdiv.com>:

> Adam Moffett wrote:
>> In all seriousness, my requirements were a little silly.  A Cisco router
>> can fail just as a netgear router can.  But I think we would find Cisco
>> failures to be statistically less likely.
>>
>> I also think we can agree that not all devices of a certain type are
>> created equal.  Do you have any opinions on which VoIP products are more
>> likely to be consistent and reliable?
>>
>>
> Realistically, I've had issues with every ATA I've used to SOME degree.
> The Leadtek BVA series has numerous issues. I've had bizarre things
> occur in all of my Linksys/Sipura adapters(2000,3000,3201) (issues with
> timeouts on a lost connection, NAT traversal, etc).  My Grandstream
> HT486 and 488s have intermittent dialing failures. I've had a lot of
> issues with the Audiocodes MPs.
>
> The only ATA I've NOT actually had any issues with has been my
> Grandstream HT386. Granted, I have issues with its capabilities overall,
> but on the whole, it's the only one that's not simply had some weird
> random failure as the others have.
>
> Does this mean I'd recommend an HT386 as solid testing piece? Heavens
> no. I'd probably recommend the Linksys SPA3102.  But be aware that there
> ARE issues with just about all of them, and I doubt there have even been
> enough variants sold/used by everyone to merit statistical analyses.
> What you're going to get for recommendations will be, at best, anecdotal.
>
> N.
>

I have two SPA3102s, and two PAP2-NAs. All of them have worked  
flawlessly. I have my SPA3102s on a real IP, and have tested the  
PAP2's from real IPs and behind nat. They do seem to "just work" after  
being configured. My only complaint is with Linksys/Cisco's support,  
or lack of it.

Tim