[asterisk-users] Provisioning GXP 2000

[Michiel van Baak]

On 13:45, Thu 26 Mar 09, Lutgring, Sam wrote:
> My preferred method is to use my own TFTP server.  This makes changes to accounts/phones very fast and easy.  The whole process takes me about 5 minutes to deploy an entirely new phone.
> 
> 1) I modified the Grandstream template to contain my own information.  This is a simple TXT document and can be edited in your favorite editor.  I once counted that I am down to 8 lines in my template that need adjusting for a new user.
> 2) I open the above mentioned template and change the appropriate lines for the users phone and then save it to a directory utilizing a naming convention of EXTENSION-USERNAME.txt (this allows me ease of changing if ever required).
> 3) Then I use the Grandstream config generator to compile that into a bin file in the appropriate tftp directory.
> 4) Then (first time phone is ever used, not required on a redeploy) I log into the web interface on the phone and change 1 line that tells the phone where to find the config file.

The phones by default allow you to use DHCP option 66 to provide the
tftp server address. That will remove step 4 from your list :)

> 5) Reboot the phone and all done.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of David Ruggles
> Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 11:41 AM
> To: 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion'
> Subject: [asterisk-users] Provisioning GXP 2000
> 
> I've done some googling and searched voip-info but I'm not able to find a
> good answer about how to provision the GXP 2000.
> 
> Based on questions I've asked before it seems like a lot of people are using
> the grandstream phones so I figure provisioning can't be that hard. Is
> everyone using the web interface for *every* phone? Or is there a better,
> more automatic, way?
> 
> TIA!!!
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> David Ruggles
> CCNA MCSE (NT) CNA A+
> Network Engineer        Safe Data, Inc.
> (910) 285-7200  david at safedatausa.com
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com --
> 
> asterisk-users mailing list
> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit:
>    http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
> 
> _______________________________________________
> -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com --
> 
> asterisk-users mailing list
> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit:
>    http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users

-- 

Michiel van Baak
michiel at vanbaak.eu
http://michiel.vanbaak.eu
GnuPG key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x71C946BD

"Why is it drug addicts and computer aficionados are both called users?"