asterisk users - May 2006 - WiFi VoIP Handsets..

Hi,

I am investigating getting a wifi VoIP phone because its may be a better 
option than an ATA and a cordless phone..

Does anyone have any experience with the whats out there??

Do they support things like WPA etc??

I have heard the battery life can be a problem.. Is this the case?

Thanks..

WipeOut wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am investigating getting a wifi VoIP phone because its may be a 
> better option than an ATA and a cordless phone..
>
> Does anyone have any experience with the whats out there??
>
> Do they support things like WPA etc??
>
> I have heard the battery life can be a problem.. Is this the case?
I bought some weeks ago an GSM+Wifi phone (Win mobile 5.0+PPCiax) I got 
it work in WEP with my Linksys WRT54G - OpenWRT, but not WPA. If WiFi is 
always on, battery comes quick down.

Another very important point -don't know if it applies also to real Wifi 
phone- is that the phone has _not_ to go in power saving mode to be 
reached at each moment as the Wifi part doesn't use the hardware from 
GSM :-( eg even in power save mode an incoming GSM call/SMS is accepted. 
I went back to my cordless phone.

-- 
Daniel

WipeOut wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am investigating getting a wifi VoIP phone because its may be a 
> better option than an ATA and a cordless phone..
>
> Does anyone have any experience with the whats out there??
The only phone Senao I tested has a problem when roaming between APs. 
There's a very high chance of a call being dropped when crossing from 1 
AP to another.
>
> Do they support things like WPA etc??
not that I know of. Some current phones have been reported to suffer 
call quality issues just by turning on basic WEP.
>
> I have heard the battery life can be a problem.. Is this the case?
>
about 1+ hrs talk time for the Senao. Standby is only 1 day+.

> 
> Hi,
> 
> I am investigating getting a wifi VoIP phone because its may be a
better
> option than an ATA and a cordless phone..
> 
> Does anyone have any experience with the whats out there??
> 
> Do they support things like WPA etc??
> 
> I have heard the battery life can be a problem.. Is this the case?
> 
I was looking for something like this a while back (actually, a wifi +
gsm combo), and came to the conclusion that a dect + gsm phone would be
a better option, except that they don't exist (much).

Maybe a VoIP capable DECT base station would be a better option for you?
These do exist.

James

I use the Zyxel wireless SIP phones with Aerospace (now Cisco) APs and
they work just great. My battery is good for all day. Charge them at
night. Expensive though.

Got them registering to Asterisk, calling Cisco phones via SIP trunks
and they sound great.

Thank you.

Phil Menico 
171 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016 
www.xtend.com 



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Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 5:21 AM
To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] WiFi VoIP Handsets..


WipeOut wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am investigating getting a wifi VoIP phone because its may be a
> better option than an ATA and a cordless phone..
>
> Does anyone have any experience with the whats out there??
The only phone Senao I tested has a problem when roaming between APs. 
There's a very high chance of a call being dropped when crossing from 1 
AP to another.
>
> Do they support things like WPA etc??
not that I know of. Some current phones have been reported to suffer 
call quality issues just by turning on basic WEP.
>
> I have heard the battery life can be a problem.. Is this the case?
>
about 1+ hrs talk time for the Senao. Standby is only 1 day+.



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I think around Q3/Q4 of this year, you'll see some very interesting new
products which incorporate DECT for wireless.  For consumer products with
limited mobility, it seems to make a bit more sense than WIFI.

Cory Andrews
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-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Latham [mailto:lathama@gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 10:13 AM
To: Cory@voipsupply.com
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] WiFi VoIP Handsets..

Thanks Cory, DECT is very interesting and I hope that more devices
come out soon...

On 5/17/06, Cory Andrews <Cory@voipsupply.com>
wrote:
> Andrew - I am not sure of the exact spectrum frequency which constitutes
> DECT in the US, but several major manufacturers are developing and selling
> DECT devices for the US market.
>
> Plantronics recently release a DECT 6.0 wireless headset, the CS55, which
> you can see here
>
http://www.plantronics.com/north_america/en_US/products/cat29880043/cat29880
> 043/prod5430004
>
>
> Cory Andrews
> Executive Vice President
> ++++++++++++++++++
> VoIPSupply.com
> PBXSelect.com
> ++++++++++++++++++
> 454 Sonwil Drive
> Buffalo, NY 14225
> voice - 800.398.VoIP X3402
> fax - 716.630.1548
> e - Cory@VoIPSupply.com
> m - 716.907.4059
> aim - B2Cory
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Latham [mailto:lathama@gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 9:08 AM
> To: Cory@voipsupply.com; Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial
> Discussion
> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] WiFi VoIP Handsets..
>
> Cory
>
> The 480i-CT does not state DECT to my knowlege as the EU DECT standard
> uses reseved frequency space in the US.  I have heard rumblings about
> a US DECT standard, would this be the DECT you are refering to and if
> so could you provide a link to information on compatablity.
>
>
> Andrew
>
>
> On 5/16/06, Cory Andrews <Cory@voipsupply.com> wrote:
> > The Aastra 480i-CT and Uniden UIP1868 are both SIP based and support
> remote,
> > wireless handsets via DECT.
> >
> >
> > Cory Andrews
> > Executive Vice President
> > ++++++++++++++++++
> > VoIPSupply.com
> > PBXSelect.com
> > ++++++++++++++++++
> > 454 Sonwil Drive
> > Buffalo, NY 14225
> > voice - 800.398.VoIP X3402
> > fax - 716.630.1548
> > e - Cory@VoIPSupply.com
> > m - 716.907.4059
> > aim - B2Cory
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com
> > [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of WipeOut
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 10:38 AM
> > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] WiFi VoIP Handsets..
> >
> > James Harper wrote:
> > > I was looking for something like this a while back (actually, a
wifi +
> > > gsm combo), and came to the conclusion that a dect + gsm phone
would
be
> > > a better option, except that they don't exist (much).
> > >
> > > Maybe a VoIP capable DECT base station would be a better option
for
you?
> > > These do exist.
> > >
> > > James
> >
> > Thanks for all the replies..
> >
> > James, you probably have a good point, a DECT cordless with a VoIP
base
> > station would probably work better for the situation I need to cater
for..
> >
> > Any pointers to recommended DECT VoIP phones?
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