Hi list, Are there any reliable wireless SIP phones available on the market yet? Six months ago I went for the Siemens Gigaset 675IP. Although there was a bug in the MWI support, unit #1 seemed fine for the first few weeks, so I bought #2 and #3. Then the problems started. Of the three units, two regularly lock up, which requires the base station to be reset, and two do not perform DTMF menu navigation properly (I live in the Netherlands). There was a recent firmware update for this model, but there may as well not have been. You'd think that a big company like Siemens that has been making rock-solid DECT phones (analog and ISDN) for years could do better, but apparently not. Since the firmware seems to be the same, there's no way I'm going to upgrade to the 685IP. I was thinking of trying out the Snom M3, but according to voip-info.org, that model suffers from similar reliability problems. There is also the possibility of using a Wi-Fi SIP phone instead, but I haven't been able to find a positive review of one of these phones either, despite the promising concept. So, what's the most reliable wireless SIP phone these days: an analog DECT phone with a Linksys SPA adapter? Thanks, Jaap
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On Thursday 28 August 2008 08:06:37 Jaap Winius wrote:> Are there any reliable wireless SIP phones available on the market yet?I've gotten a Hitachi WIP3000, which works great. Supports b & g, all the wireless encryption standards, scans networks, everything a laptop softphone would do, but in a wireless handset. -- Tilghman
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I you have such a problems with siemens you should consider 8 voip port linksys gateway with dect bases, their gateway is rock solid and cheap. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20080828/9c99f772/attachment.htm
On Aug 28, 2008, at 9:06 AM, Jaap Winius wrote:> Hi list, > > Are there any reliable wireless SIP phones available on the market > yet?We typically prefer DECT in which case the SNOM M3 is a strong contender, but recently our customers have told us good things about Polycom's new wifi handset: http://www.telephonydepot.com/product_p/105-058-8002dual.htm One limitation is that there's no minibrowser, so you won't be able to navigate the http proxy signup/authentication page at your local coffee shop. Works great in the typical office setting though! Sincerely, -- Darren Nickerson Senior Sales & Support Engineer Telephony Depot www.telephonydepot.com +1.215.825.8710 ext 8106 (office) +1.215.243.8335 (fax)
Jaap Winius wrote:> Hi list, > > Are there any reliable wireless SIP phones available on the market yet? ><snip />> > Since the firmware seems to be the same, there's no way I'm going to > upgrade to the 685IP. I was thinking of trying out the Snom M3, but > according to voip-info.org, that model suffers from similar > reliability problems. >I know it won't help you much but we have two sets of S685IPs (three h/s in each set) and no problems to speak of. I also liked the M3 but I wanted a PSTN port on the b/station too :-( Al -- The way out is open! http://www.theopensourcerer.com
On Thu, 28 Aug 2008, Jaap Winius wrote:> Hi list, > > Are there any reliable wireless SIP phones available on the market yet? > > Six months ago I went for the Siemens Gigaset 675IP. Although there > was a bug in the MWI support, unit #1 seemed fine for the first few > weeks, so I bought #2 and #3. Then the problems started. Of the three > units, two regularly lock up, which requires the base station to be > reset, and two do not perform DTMF menu navigation properly (I live in > the Netherlands). There was a recent firmware update for this model, > but there may as well not have been. You'd think that a big company > like Siemens that has been making rock-solid DECT phones (analog and > ISDN) for years could do better, but apparently not. > > Since the firmware seems to be the same, there's no way I'm going to > upgrade to the 685IP. I was thinking of trying out the Snom M3, but > according to voip-info.org, that model suffers from similar > reliability problems.Hm. I've just bought an M3 set for a client, but the range isn't anywhere near as good as the Siemens I've been using... and re. the Siemens - I had that issue with the older C460IP phones - my solution for clients was to sell them with a cheap (?5) wall timer programmed to kill the power at 4am and come on again at 4:15. (the cheap dial ones only have a 15-minute resolution!) Gordon
I've had essentially no problems with my snom m3s. Someone from snom has been in touch to confirm that they are now putting more effort into the firmware for this phone. There are a few new features that I'd like to see that are already in their plans. Someone did report to me that they had difficulty getting MWI working on the snoms. I've not been able to test this with Asterisk yet. Since i rely on MWI from my desk phone (Polycom IP650) MWI on the cordless is not setup, and I don't let calls to the cordless go to VM right now. Michael On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:06:37 +0200, Jaap Winius wrote:>Hi list, > >Are there any reliable wireless SIP phones available on the market yet? > >Six months ago I went for the Siemens Gigaset 675IP. Although there >was a bug in the MWI support, unit #1 seemed fine for the first few >weeks, so I bought #2 and #3. Then the problems started. Of the three >units, two regularly lock up, which requires the base station to be >reset, and two do not perform DTMF menu navigation properly (I live in >the Netherlands). There was a recent firmware update for this model, >but there may as well not have been. You'd think that a big company >like Siemens that has been making rock-solid DECT phones (analog and >ISDN) for years could do better, but apparently not. > >Since the firmware seems to be the same, there's no way I'm going to >upgrade to the 685IP. I was thinking of trying out the Snom M3, but >according to voip-info.org, that model suffers from similar >reliability problems. > >There is also the possibility of using a Wi-Fi SIP phone instead, but >I haven't been able to find a positive review of one of these phones >either, despite the promising concept. > >So, what's the most reliable wireless SIP phone these days: an analog >DECT phone with a Linksys SPA adapter? > >Thanks, > >Jaap > >_______________________________________________ >-- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > >AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona >Register Now: http://www.astricon.net > >asterisk-users mailing list >To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > >Internal Virus Database is out of date. >Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com >Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.6.7/1631 - Release Date: 8/24/2008 12:15 PM > >-- Michael Graves mgraves<at>mstvp.com http://blog.mgraves.org o713-861-4005 c713-201-1262 sip:mjgraves at pixelpower.onsip.com skype mjgraves fwd 54245