I have successfully implemented 1204 in semi production environment. Just want to share that it works very well, through the firewall (NATed). Unfortunately, it can not register with the server (and authenticate) but otherwise everything is fine. The audio quality is very good. Regards, Wojtek -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20040505/fed32877/attachment.htm
> I have successfully implemented 1204 in semi production environment. > Just want to share that it works very well, through the firewall (NATed). > Unfortunately, it can not register with the server (and authenticate) but > otherwise everything is fine. The audio quality is very good.Wojtek, Don't know how far you've tried to take the 1204 in terms of functions, but we did the same thing over a two month period and found: 1. handling outbound calls on a "per pstn line" basis (eg, directing certain calls to certain pstn lines) is very non-standard and subject to future failures as code changes happen in * and the 1204. 2. ring-cadence detect is done on the first ring after the 1204 reboot and applied to all four ports. If the pstn lines happen to come from different Central Offices (with slightly different cadences), callerid and other such timing sensitive functions will fail. 3. security is less then acceptable. If the 1204 is exposed to the Internet, anyone can make calls, change settings, etc. 4. the per-port cost is substantially higher then many other products "if" you consider the cost of keeping the firmware reasonably current as standards evolve. 5. the box does not follow published sip standards; only selected pieces. 6. diagnosing problems and monitoring operational functions in a real-world production environment is less then acceptable. 7. support is limited to whatever your reseller provides, which is less then acceptable if your reseller is not familiar with *. We also found the voice quality to be very good, echo cancellation was good, etc. With relatively easy firmware tweeks to interoperate with * and standards better, it would be a nice pstn interface; however, they seem to not have any interest in going there. Rich
And what problem do you have with registering ? Jeremy Jones has recently posted his SNMP walkthrough from a mediatrix 1104 - you might reference that, configuring 1204 should be very similar to that of 1104. Regards, Dave -----Original Message----- From: asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com]On Behalf Of Wojciech Tryc Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 5:27 AM To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Mediatrix 1204 (4x FXO) I have successfully implemented 1204 in semi production environment. Just want to share that it works very well, through the firewall (NATed). Unfortunately, it can not register with the server (and authenticate) but otherwise everything is fine. The audio quality is very good. Regards, Wojtek -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20040507/68119007/attachment.htm
The 1204 does not have the software routines implemented for "register". Their approach is the 1104 "registers" with the 1204. ------------------------> And what problem do you have with registering ? > Jeremy Jones has recently posted his SNMP walkthrough from a mediatrix 1104 - you mightreference that, configuring 1204 should be very> similar to that of 1104. > > Regards, > Dave > > -----Original Message----- > I have successfully implemented 1204 in semi production environment. Just want to sharethat it works very well, through the firewall> (NATed). > Unfortunately, it can not register with the server (and authenticate) but otherwiseeverything is fine. The audio quality is very good.> Regards, > Wojtek---------------End of Original Message-----------------