[asterisk-users] Newbie Polycom: DHCP/boot server supporting 2 models of phones

[Rob Hillis]

All Polycom phones use the same firmware and bootroms - one reason why 
the sip.ld is so damn large for them.


Lee, John (Sydney) wrote:
> I have a question about DHCP and boot server supporting more than 1
> model of Polycom phones.
>
> According to Polycom "standards", Polycom phone boots up to get a DHCP
> address and at the same time getting a boot server string (with username
> and password) to logon to boot server to download SIP, bootROM and etc.
>
> That is okay if there is only one type of phone (that requires a
> specific SIP and bootROM release).  
>
> What about if the environment has to support two or more models of
> Polycom phones?
>
> On the boot server side, I can define another home directory like
> /home/polycom1 and /home/polycom2 to store different SIP and bootROM
> releases.  However, the issue is how different polycom phone model can
> get a different user account and password to log on to different home
> directories.
>
> I understand the issue here is DHCP and not the boot server but I am a
> bit of a newbie here.  
>
> Can anyone help please?
>
>
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