I've got a Hitachi WIP-5000 phone. Seems to work well with my Asterisk setup, except for a few annoyances: 1) If the phone has been sitting unused for a while, and I dial an outbound call, it often fails. Doesn't matter what number I'm calling. If I redial, it always goes through fine, and all subsequent calls also go through fine, until it's been sitting around idle for a while again. Incoming calls always come through, regardless of how long it's been sitting. Maybe a NAT problem? I haven't started looking through SIP packet logs yet, but that's my next step. 2) I've got two 802.11b access points in my house, same SSID, one on channel 1, another on channel 6. The phone seems to stay associated with the access point that it first registered on, unless I do "restart network" on the phone. Even when the other access point is much closer with a much better signal. Both my Windows and Mac OS laptops switch between APs at will, depending on which is stronger -- seems like the phone should do the same. Anyone else noticed these issues? Also, I've got firmware v1.5.2 on my phone. Was trying to find a link to see if there's anything more recent. Anyone have a newer version or know where to get one? Thanks, Jim Meehan Oakland, CA
Have you tried putting both access points on the same channel? Roman Volf Keystreams Internet Solutions volfman@keystreams.com Jim Meehan wrote:>I've got a Hitachi WIP-5000 phone. Seems to work well with my Asterisk setup, >except for a few annoyances: > >1) If the phone has been sitting unused for a while, and I dial an outbound >call, it often fails. Doesn't matter what number I'm calling. If I redial, >it always goes through fine, and all subsequent calls also go through fine, >until it's been sitting around idle for a while again. Incoming calls always >come through, regardless of how long it's been sitting. Maybe a NAT problem? >I haven't started looking through SIP packet logs yet, but that's my next >step. > >2) I've got two 802.11b access points in my house, same SSID, one on channel >1, another on channel 6. The phone seems to stay associated with the access >point that it first registered on, unless I do "restart network" on the phone. >Even when the other access point is much closer with a much better signal. >Both my Windows and Mac OS laptops switch between APs at will, depending on >which is stronger -- seems like the phone should do the same. > >Anyone else noticed these issues? > >Also, I've got firmware v1.5.2 on my phone. Was trying to find a link to see >if there's anything more recent. Anyone have a newer version or know where >to get one? > >Thanks, > >Jim Meehan >Oakland, CA > >_______________________________________________ >Asterisk-Users mailing list >Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com >http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > >
Roman Volf wrote:> Have you tried putting both access points on the same channel?Good suggestion. It now seems to roam between access points nicely, even while a call is in progress. Also, I found firmware v1.5.3 if anyone needs it, along with manuals that are quite a bit more in depth than the ones I had before. If you need the firmware or manauls, feel free to e-mail me off-list. -j
>Good suggestion. It now seems to roam between access points nicely, even >while a call is in progress. >What access pooints are you using? -rb
>>Good suggestion. It now seems to roam between access points nicely, even >>while a call is in progress. >> >What access pooints are you using?One is an original Apple Airport (802.11b only) and the other is an Apple Airport Extreme (802.11b/g). -j