[asterisk-users] Changing labels on Phones

[Michael Wyres]

Sometimes they reboot when you try this, but usually not - but you can just change one setting in the network configuration (eg: change the phones IP address), and it will go through just the very last part of it's normal boot process, and re-pull it's TFTP configuration, and update things - still takes around 20 to 30 seconds, so not really what you are looking for - but I've been looking for a way to do this for about three and a half years!

From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Julian Lyndon-Smith
Sent: Monday, 16 November 2009 08:51
To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
Subject: [asterisk-users] Changing labels on Phones

We have several types of phones, Cisco 79xx, Aastra 9133i etc. We have a "hotdesk" type system where anyone can log on to an extension - however what I would love to do is relabel the phone with the current "owner" when this logon happens. I know that I can change the sip.conf and phones tftp file, however this is a big problem with the Cisco's as they take *forever* (ok, maybe 2 / 3 minutes) to reboot (VLAN problem)

1) Has anyone actually solved this VLAN issue with the cisco ?
2) Is there any way of changing a label without rebooting the phone ?

TIA
Julian
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