[asterisk-users] Cisco 7940 phone and tftpd provisioning - for ever?

[Warren Selby]

On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 7:07 AM, Sebastian Arcus <shop at open-t.co.uk> wrote:

>
>
> On 05/09/2011 12:02 PM, Doug Lytle wrote:
>
>> Sebastian Arcus wrote:
>>
>>> Cisco phones (at least the 7940) are supposed to be run with a tftp
>>> server available at all time
>>>
>>
>> That is my experience. But, if you're running tftp under Linux, then
>> it's probably spawned by xinetd and won't be running unless the service
>> is requested.
>>
>
> Thanks for the reply. No, I run tftpd directly from rc.local script (on
> Slackware). That's fine - I just wanted to know I wasn't doing something
> wrong. If everybody else is in the same boat - I'll just be along for the
> ride then :D
>
> Sebastian
>

When I used to have a Cisco 7941 phone in my home office, I only needed the
tftp server online if I made changes to the configuration.  The phone itself
worked fine without one being online all the time.

-- 
Thanks,
--Warren Selby, dCAP
http://www.selbytech.com
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