I think what he meant was that you can use your DHCP server to pass a TFTP boot server in a DHCP request. So if the remote router passes DHCP requests to your server, and your server returns the boot server, your phone should get it's config fine.
<br><br>Unless I misunderstood what Jerry was saying. <br><br>I remember there was some talk of this on the TAUG group a while back. The BIND server has the ability to pass a certain option number and value that the phone will interpret as a TFTP boot server.
<br><br>Alex<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 7/21/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Stephen Murphy</b> <<a href="mailto:forum@expansivenetworks.com">forum@expansivenetworks.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
This will enable me to add the required ftp info to each phone? What<br>interface do I use - the web?<br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: <a href="mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com">asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com
</a><br>[mailto:<a href="mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com">asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com</a>] On Behalf Of Jerry Jones<br>Sent: Friday, 21 July 2006 9:37 AM<br>To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
<br>Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] ftp setup for Polycom phones<br><br>pass via dhcp<br><br>if you have control of their router, just redirect dhcp requests to<br>your boot server and control all from there.<br><br><br>On Jul 21, 2006, at 11:24 AM, Stephen Murphy wrote:
<br><br>> I have clients in a remote location and therefore do not have<br>> access to their Polycom phone to input the ftp information. Is<br>> there a method to input the info without going through the phone?<br>
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