<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Fair enough, The MItel is not the most
expensive VOIP solution, but as you say - the reason Asterisk is so attractive
is its effectively free and you are not locked to a single vendor or support
channel.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I have only just started looking at
Asterisk, I like it a lot, particularly its openness - the Mitel solution
is an almost watertight black box :-(</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I would still like to use the 5220's
with asterisk (they cost about the same for us as the cisco 7960's) but
are smaller, neater and look more like a phone (surprisingly!)</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I will get a packet sniffer on one in
a minute....</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Sam</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2><tt>Colin Anderson <ColinA@landmarkmasterbuilder.com>
wrote on 01/09/2004 15:24:50:<br>
<br>
> Ditto that. On a Mitel box, A Service Contract Is Your Friend and
a Good <br>
> Interconnect Is Your Best Friend. Our 3300 was loosing conn w/ the
phones and <br>
> loosing sync with our PRI. Our interconnect blamed everything from
the LAN to <br>
> sunspots except the 3300. Because we had a service contract, I insisted
that <br>
> the NSU be replaced, which they did grudgingly and lo! problems ceased.
~3k <br>
> calls / day from 80 users for 3 years so far - no problems. </tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>> </tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>> FWIW, I'm just using QOS. We haven't had any
issues with non - VLAN config. <br>
> However, the reason I'm on this list in the first place is because
we are <br>
> planning to replace the 3300 with * :-) and the reason is simply because
the <br>
> Mitel box is too expensive $$. A 5020 costs us $1200 Cdn. My
boss, who <br>
> approved the system in the first place, likes to tease me and say:
"Tell me <br>
> again why we moved away from a Meridian One?"</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>> </tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>> On topic: The Ipera (the 3300's predecessor)
supported SIP, as well as the <br>
> new, I think it's called 3010 which is throttled to 25 users. Mitel
made a <br>
> stupid decision to drop SIP for the 3300 to try to lock in users with
their <br>
> own proporietary protocol which I have analyzed and it's part IP and
part CDS <br>
> (Cisco Discovery, like SNMP). Because the CDS part is Layer - 2 -
ish it's <br>
> hard to route; my BSD box routes it OK but a Seawall kind of config
won't. Grrrr....</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>> <br>
> -----Original Message-----</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>> From: slwatts@winckworths.co.uk [mailto:slwatts@winckworths.co.uk]</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>> Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 7:20 AM</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial
Discussion</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Mitel 5010</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>> <br>
> I am very surprised that you have had problems with a mitel 3300ICP.
We have <br>
> had one installed here for the past year or so and it is a very good
system. <br>
> We did suffer the occaisonal crash and then our system was wiped out
by a <br>
> lightning strike, we had a replacement controller in place and fully
working <br>
> within 3 hours. Since then we have had absolutely no crashes at all.
</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>> <br>
> You do need to setup the 3300ICP properly - incorrect configuration
can cause <br>
> you serious nightmares, but then it is a very flexible system. It
also seems <br>
> to be very particular about your network setup. Dont even think about
trying <br>
> to run it over a data network that does not have vlans or QOS. </tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>> <br>
> The early software versions were pretty poor, however version 4 is
much better<br>
> and we will soon be upgrading to version 5 so if you want to know
how that <br>
> fares let me know. </tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>> <br>
> Their teleworker solution is particularly impressive, although I wish
they <br>
> would release SIP support for their phones and controllers. </tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>> <br>
> Anyone know of a project to bring minet to asterisk? </tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>> <br>
> Sam </tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>> <br>
> Stephen Stull <sstull@gmail.com> wrote on 01/09/2004 13:33:59:</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>> <br>
> > Is this the 3300IP system? Those systems *can* be quite
good, but </tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>> > need to be up to the latest revision and
require a bit of tuning. I'd </tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>> > be interested in your finds regardless and
could probably experiment </tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>> > with a 5005, 5010 or even the higher-end
ones. </tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>> > </tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>> > I'll ask a former co-worker if I can borrow
one for testing. </tt></font>
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