In case you weren't aware, I am a VoIP nutcase. I have an Asterisk phone system at home, and all the phones in the house are VoIP of some description (either real VoIP devices or analogue handsets through an ATA). While I haven't converted to VoIP as a replacement for PSTN, I have some connectivity … Continue reading Upgrading from Cisco
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I was having a browse around the excellent Nerd Vittles site tonight, and stumbled onto a disturbing conversation about the removal of the Nokia SIP client from S60 Third Edition Feature Pack 2 (as used on recent phones like the N78 and N96). Nerd Vittles linked to this blog, which alludes to the possibility of … Continue reading Nokia SIP client: WTF?
In part one, I described how I reconsidered device-and-user mode in FreePBX, and did the initial changeover. Read on to find out how I overcame a major issue with the configuration!I have an ISDN phone line coming into my Asterisk system. One of the indials is for our home number, the other is one I … Continue reading FreePBX device-and-user mode, part two
Buoyed by the success of a colleague I introduced to Asterisk and FreePBX a little while ago, I decided to have another look at the extension configuration mode I use on our system. Check this post for a recap of the FreePBX configuration modes and my first thoughts.Last time I looked at this I thought … Continue reading Revisiting device-and-user mode in FreePBX
Since I have a few Cisco phones around here, I've played with XML apps. I have written a timezone calculator, an LDAP phone directory lookup utility (which hooks into the "external directory" function of the phones), an app that uses Qantas' WAP interface to get flight arrival/departure information, and the obligatory RSS reader. They work, … Continue reading Cisco XML apps: things made of fail
I had pretty much forgotten about improving on the Power over Ethernet progress I mentioned previously. A couple of weeks ago I bought another 7970 that I successfully converted to SIP to run in the study, and I was considering buying a few 7961s or Linksys PoE-capable phones to use in other places. However, I … Continue reading PoE again: this time, success!
A while back I posted about my grief with the Linksys WIP330 WiFi SIP phone (it doesn't happen often, but it's a surprise when the ONLY hit you get on Google about a problem is your own blog post discussing it). The unit is still a bitter disappointment, but thanks to a firmware update it seems … Continue reading WIP330 progress: it’s a… phone
When I first set up FreePBX, I was frustrated by the inability to create a voicemail user independently of an extension. It looked to me like an office system, where each handset was associated with an individual and had its own voicemail. In the end I created a few extensions that were not associated with handsets and … Continue reading FreePBX modes
I was on eBay not long ago and happened across a listing for the WIP330 (big brother to the WIP300) for much less than local retail. I decided to take advantage of: a) the good price, b) the current strong position of the A$ versus the US$, and c) it was within 1 hour of closing … Continue reading Linksys WIP330 – another tale of hardware woe
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