asterisk users - Jul 2006 - Polycom Soundpoint IP 301 w/ MGCP

Hi

I was about to order a polycom 301 when I noticed that the VoIP  
protocol is listed
as MGCP and not SIP, as with the 501.

First, what is MGCP?
And, will the 301's work seamlessly with Asterisk and the other 501  
phones that I have?

Thanks

Jim Freeze



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MGCP stands for Media Gateway Control Protocol.  You want the SIP versions of
the 301 and 501, both of which integrate nicely with Asterisk.

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jim Freeze 
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  Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Polycom Soundpoint IP 301 w/ MGCP


  Hi


  I was about to order a polycom 301 when I noticed that the VoIP protocol is
listed
  as MGCP and not SIP, as with the 501.


  First, what is MGCP?
  And, will the 301's work seamlessly with Asterisk and the other 501 phones
that I have?


  Thanks


  Jim Freeze








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You can run MGCP on Asterisk, but you should be able to find a 301 with SIP.
If not, try another vendor.
 
-Nate

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From: Jim Freeze [mailto:asterisk@freeze.org] 
Sent: Monday, July 03, 2006 9:12 AM
To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Polycom Soundpoint IP 301 w/ MGCP


Hi

I was about to order a polycom 301 when I noticed that the VoIP protocol is
listed
as MGCP and not SIP, as with the 501.

First, what is MGCP?
And, will the 301's work seamlessly with Asterisk and the other 501 phones
that I have?

Thanks


Jim Freeze




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There are different versionsof the polycom phones.  Depending on the 
actual part number it can come with MCGP, SIP, or H323.  Polycom does 
not support customer migration from one protocol to another.  Get the 
version with the SIP firmware.

Jim Freeze wrote:
> Hi
> 
> 
> I was about to order a polycom 301 when I noticed that the VoIP protocol 
> is listed
> 
> as MGCP and not SIP, as with the 501.
> 
> 
> First, what is MGCP?
> 
> And, will the 301's work seamlessly with Asterisk and the other 501 
> phones that I have?
> 
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