[asterisk-users] IAX2 hardware video phone

[Michael Graves]

On Sat, 31 May 2008 09:40:27 -0600, Joseph wrote:

>On 05/31/08 19:57, Rob Hillis wrote:
>>Joseph wrote:
>>> Are there any hardware video phone that supports IAX2?
>>>   
>>
>>Only one of the better known brands have a video phone that I'm aware 
>>of, and that's certainly not IAX2 compatible.  For that matter, none of 
>>the better known brands have a phone (video or otherwise) that is IAX2 
>>compatible.
>>
>>I'm not aware of any of the less known brands that have a phone that 
>>fits your needs - and to be perfectly honest, I'd be /very/ careful 
>>about going with the less known brands even if they did have something 
>>that fitted your needs -  from what I've seen, there's a reason the 
>>better known brand are better known - with the exception of Grandstream, 
>>they're more likely to work reliably for you.
>
>There are not many options to chose from when it comes to video phone in decent price range.
>
>The only option I have seen is Grandstream GXV3000; it works with Asterisk but it is SIP phone. 
>So to traverse the firewall using "IAX2" I need to connect it to an internal asterisk box or make a "Swiss cheese" 
>out of a firewall.

This is in fact an excellent application for small form factor Asterisk
appliances; SIP-IAX2 protocol translator. I have used Soekris boards
and recycled HP thin clients for this purpose. 

I also occasionally use this approach when a favorite SIP hard phone
has SIP protocol incompatibility problems with hosted PBX systems. This
was the case with Junction Networks OnSIP and Aastra's 480 series.
Happily the newer 57 series work natively with OnSIP.

Michael
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