Seeking recommendations on handsets for use with Asterisk. I've been looking at the Aastra 480i CT because of its cordless handset and also the new Linksys SPA-942. Anyone using either one of these with comments on them? Any other thoughts on good reasonably priced handsets? This is for just a couple of people who work from home offices and will be connecting to an Asterisk server hosted in a datacenter. Thanks! Regards, George A. Roberts IV President and CEO, Interjuncture Corp. http://www.interjuncture.com/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20060530/c6d9b21d/attachment.htm
I have a couple Aastra 480CTs and I am really happy with them. IMO skip the linksys and go right to the Cisco 7960. Cheers, -- Zac Amsler, Network Operations NetIQ Systems, LLC www.netiqsys.net <http://www.netiqsys.net> George A. Roberts IV wrote:> Seeking recommendations on handsets for use with Asterisk. > > I've been looking at the Aastra 480i CT because of its cordless > handset and also the new Linksys SPA-942. Anyone using either one of > these with comments on them? > > Any other thoughts on good reasonably priced handsets? This is for > just a couple of people who work from home offices and will be > connecting to an Asterisk server hosted in a datacenter. > > Thanks! > > Regards, > > George A. Roberts IV > President and CEO, Interjuncture Corp. > http://www.interjuncture.com/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >
Strongly disagree, ci$co 7960 is very _old_ phone model and has several disadvantage eg. non-standard in-line power (so you must buy very expensive ci$co switches), also display resolution o this phone is not perfect, backlight missing etc... linksys has much better price/performance ratio that ci$co (mainly old models 7940/60) PJ Zac Amsler wrote:> I have a couple Aastra 480CTs and I am really happy with them. > > IMO skip the linksys and go right to the Cisco 7960. > > Cheers,
On Tuesday 30 May 2006 23:13, George A. Roberts IV wrote:> Any other thoughts on good reasonably priced handsets? This is for just a > couple of people who work from home offices and will be connecting to an > Asterisk server hosted in a datacenter.I am a *huge* fan of the Polycom ip501. The 301 works just as well, but the display is significantly crappier. If you've got the cash, go 601. I have never used Cisco, but I've used the cheaper phones enough to know that this is one place were spending a little more is WELL worth it. And I know from personal experience that the Polycom phones have *zero* issues with being behind NAT and talking to a public-IP Asterisk box. No firewall configuration, no screwing around whatsoever. They Just Work. -A.
I am also a VERY happy with the Polycom 501. I will disagree with the comment
"They Just Work." when it comes to NAT. Once they are setup properly
(e.g. set registration timeout to 60 sec so it registers every 30 seconds and
keeps NAT holes open) then they work fine. There is good info on the wiki on how
to set them up.
Question I have on the Aastra - isn't it 2.4Ghz, so potential interference
with wireless?
One thing to consider with Polycom or other phones, is you can get a wireless
headset arrangement as a compromise. Another option is to get a second extension
with an ATA and your favorite 5.8Ghz cordless phone.
p
From: Andrew Kohlsmith <akohlsmith-asterisk@benshaw.com>
To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com
Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 06:34:31 -0400
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Handset recommendations
On Tuesday 30 May 2006 23:13, George A. Roberts IV
wrote:> Any other thoughts on good reasonably priced handsets? This is for just a
> couple of people who work from home offices and will be connecting to an
> Asterisk server hosted in a datacenter.
I am a *huge* fan of the Polycom ip501. The 301 works just as well, but the
display is significantly crappier. If you've got the cash, go 601.
I have never used Cisco, but I've used the cheaper phones enough to know
that
this is one place were spending a little more is WELL worth it. And I know
from personal experience that the Polycom phones have *zero* issues with
being behind NAT and talking to a public-IP Asterisk box. No firewall
configuration, no screwing around whatsoever. They Just Work.
-A.
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On Wednesday 31 May 2006 10:12, Philippe Lindheimer wrote:> I am also a VERY happy with the Polycom 501. I will disagree with the > comment "They Just Work." when it comes to NAT. Once they are setup > properly (e.g. set registration timeout to 60 sec so it registers every 30 > seconds and keeps NAT holes open) then they work fine. There is good info > on the wiki on how to set them up.I made *no* registration changes to the default values. Perhaps your router had its NAT timeout window set really short? I am using a totally-factory-standard WRT54G. -A.
I have a 480i CT as my primary deskphone now for about a year. Prior to that my favorite was the Polycom IP600. I also have a handful of IP500s. The 480i CT is a GREAT phone for the money. The cordless works well, much better than the early sip wifi handset I tried (Hitachi WIP-5000.) The Polycoms are great too...but no cordless and harder to provision. Cisco hardware seemed like a lot of hassle to license as well as very costly. Early on I used SPA-3000 and SPA-2000 units connected to a Panasonic key system. Once you've tried real SIP hard phones ATA's just kinda lose their appeal. Michael --Original Message Text--- From: George A. Roberts IV Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 22:13:25 -0500 Seeking recommendations on handsets for use with Asterisk. I've been looking at the Aastra 480i CT because of its cordless handset and also the new Linksys SPA-942. Anyone using either one of these with comments on them? Any other thoughts on good reasonably priced handsets? This is for just a couple of people who work from home offices and will be connecting to an Asterisk server hosted in a datacenter. Thanks! Regards, George A. Roberts IV President and CEO, Interjuncture Corp. http://www.interjuncture.com/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20060531/460b77ee/attachment.htm
Andrew, it depends on the routers/firewalls involved. There are plenty of people who have problems if they don't set this up and it is something that Polycom has acknowledged (not providing any type of keepalive or similar) and may fix in future firmware. However - there is also very good documentation available and furthermore, many others fall in your situation where it does just work. p From: Andrew Kohlsmith <akohlsmith-asterisk@benshaw.com> To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 10:34:00 -0400 Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Handset recommendations On Wednesday 31 May 2006 10:12, Philippe Lindheimer wrote:> I am also a VERY happy with the Polycom 501. I will disagree with the > comment "They Just Work." when it comes to NAT. Once they are setup > properly (e.g. set registration timeout to 60 sec so it registers every 30 > seconds and keeps NAT holes open) then they work fine. There is good info > on the wiki on how to set them up.I made *no* registration changes to the default values. Perhaps your router had its NAT timeout window set really short? I am using a totally-factory-standard WRT54G. -A. --------------------------------- Ring'em or ping'em. Make PC-to-phone calls as low as 1?/min with Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20060531/3ca551dc/attachment.htm
At 08:13 PM 5/30/2006, you wrote:>I've been looking at the Aastra 480i CT because of its cordless handsetI have 3 of these and I'm decently pleased with them. I picked them for the cordless handsets and other than the cordless handsets mysteriously putting calls on hold occasionally we've been quite pleased. The hold condition seems to be caused by momentarily loosing connection due to the extremely noisy environment we have here. Other than that one really minor annoyance, it's a really nice phone. Ira -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20060531/1b28b06f/attachment.htm