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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Unfortunately, the polycom phone was a bad choice
from a beginner's perspective, as it loads it's firmware/config from a boot
server every time it's powered up, and won't work without it.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Get a softphone (firefly, xten) running on a PC
first (to ensure that your asterisk is OK).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Take your Polycom back to the shop, and get a
cheap-ass Grandstream Budgetone.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=garrett@townandcountrycomputers.com
href="mailto:garrett@townandcountrycomputers.com">Garrett Nelson</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=asterisk-users@lists.digium.com
href="mailto:asterisk-users@lists.digium.com">asterisk-users@lists.digium.com</A>
</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, March 30, 2005 8:58
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Asterisk-Users] help w/
basics</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN ="tyle='font-size:10.0pt;"
font-family:Verdana?>Hello, I am new to Asterisk and new to this list. I =ot
Asterisk setup and running using <A
href="mailto:Asterisk@home">Asterisk@home</A>, and purchased a PolyCom
=oundPoint IP500 phone to test out.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN ="tyle='font-size:10.0pt;"
font-family:Verdana?><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN ="tyle='font-size:10.0pt;"
font-family:Verdana?>I cannot get the phone to talk to the Asterisk box. =n
bootup of the phone, it tells me that it cannot contact boot server. Why =s
that? It gets an IP fine, and I have also tried manually setting the IP =f the
phone and the Asterisk system in the phone’s
=enu.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN ="tyle='font-size:10.0pt;"
font-family:Verdana?><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN ="tyle='font-size:10.0pt;"
font-family:Verdana?>I don’t know what I am doing, and don’t =now where to
look for help. I have tried the wiki but didn’t find anything =nd just got
more overwhelmed. Can anyone point me to an easy guide to getting my =hone to
talk to my Asterisk system, or help me set things
=p?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN ="tyle='font-size:10.0pt;"
font-family:Verdana?><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN ="tyle='font-size:10.0pt;"
font-family:Verdana?>Network configuration:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN ="tyle='font-size:10.0pt;"
font-family:Verdana?>192.168.1.1 IPCop 1.4
firewall/router (DHCP server)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN ="tyle='font-size:10.0pt;"
font-family:Verdana?>192.168.1.2 Windows 2003
=erver<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN ="tyle='font-size:10.0pt;"
font-family:Verdana?>192.168.1.20 Asterisk
=ystem<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN ="tyle='font-size:10.0pt;"
font-family:Verdana?>192.168.1.200 PolyCom SoundPoint IP500
=hone<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN ="tyle='font-size:10.0pt;"
font-family:Verdana?><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN ="tyle='font-size:10.0pt;"
font-family:Verdana?><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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