tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28344720.post6872504411883577520..comments2024-02-21T06:47:29.430-07:00Comments on Chip Overclock<sup><small>®</small></sup>: Asterisk, WiFi, HomePlug, and an Avaya SIP PhoneChip Overclockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11195242013008369733noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28344720.post-6979737254115140102009-10-10T10:33:35.815-06:002009-10-10T10:33:35.815-06:00This was an interesting read. I am currently play...This was an interesting read. I am currently playing around with PBX In A Flash (PIAF), and have it working with a Cisco 7912G, an Avaya 4610SW, and a softphone (X-Lite). I continue to have the problem with the Avaya phone unregistering after awhile. I tried deleting the mailbox= command from its' configuration in the sip_additional_conf file, but the problem continues. Well, I have Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28344720.post-4584849875630502952008-07-18T11:28:00.000-06:002008-07-18T11:28:00.000-06:00I installed the LinkSys (Cisco) SPA942 on my Aster...I installed the LinkSys (Cisco) SPA942 on my Asterisk server this AM. The hardest part was sorting through the admin web pages (the phone as a built-in web server, like all the LinkSys gear I've used) to find where the IP address of the SIP proxy (my Asterisk server) was administered. Other than that, everything else was just gravy. I did some machinations in my Asterisk dial plan to attach a Chip Overclockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11195242013008369733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28344720.post-51873931618427875132008-07-11T14:38:00.000-06:002008-07-11T14:38:00.000-06:00I'm admitting defeat. After a couple of years of t...I'm admitting defeat. After a couple of years of trying to get an Avaya 4610SW SIP phone to work reliably with Asterisk, I've just ordered a LinkSys (Cisco) SPA942 to replace it. My two must-have applications for a desk phone are [1] a decent speaker phone, and [2] a Plantronics headphone jack. We'll see how the SPA942 fairs in this regard. Just when I think I've got the 4610 working reliably, Chip Overclockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11195242013008369733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28344720.post-33631311003836938892008-01-16T18:49:00.000-07:002008-01-16T18:49:00.000-07:00Maybe I'm just in a more charitable mood than norm...Maybe I'm just in a more charitable mood than normal, but as a former Avayan developer, I totally get why Avaya might have denied any interoperability between Avaya SIP phones and Asterisk. Supporting known end stations and known PBXen on the many different networks found in the field is hard enough. Supporting known endstations on a customer's roll-their-own PBX could be downright painful. But Chip Overclockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11195242013008369733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28344720.post-35079605311745394342008-01-16T14:15:00.000-07:002008-01-16T14:15:00.000-07:00Now that you mention your experience, I recall the...Now that you mention your experience, I recall the local AVAYA people insisting that their phones will not work at all on Asterisk, when I first approached them for the MWI issue on the 46xx phones.<BR/><BR/>BTW, an AVAYA insider let me know a few weeks ago that they actually discuss Asterisk during their induction training sessions.sphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02390303437421402541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28344720.post-27192307050996985472008-01-05T10:53:00.000-07:002008-01-05T10:53:00.000-07:00I'm pleased to hear Avaya is taking Asterisk serio...I'm pleased to hear Avaya is taking Asterisk seriously enough that their phones aren't crippled somehow when used on it.<BR/><BR/>Back when I worked at Avaya I raised a small stink about the fact that my Avaya 4610 SIP phone (for which I paid retail from my own pocket) had firmware that crashed when it received certain SIP messages from my Asterisk system. Messages that another developer assured Chip Overclockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11195242013008369733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28344720.post-65909479697930820422008-01-04T03:12:00.000-07:002008-01-04T03:12:00.000-07:00Thot i'd post my experiences with the AVAYA SIP ph...Thot i'd post my experiences with the AVAYA SIP phones.<BR/><BR/>- The current version of the firmware for the 46xx phones still doesn't seem to support the message waiting indicator (MWI) light. And as a side-effect of pending voice mail, these phones seem to think they are not registered after a seeming random period of time, refusing to allow outgoing calls. I had to disable voice mail on all sphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02390303437421402541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28344720.post-44067309362510762682007-08-19T15:37:00.000-06:002007-08-19T15:37:00.000-06:00Just a couple of days ago I had another rash of ca...Just a couple of days ago I had another rash of call droppings. The original call was coming in from the PSTN analog to Asterisk, then SIP via HomePlug to my Avaya 4610. It dropped twice on the same caller. (Sorry about that.) So it's back to debugging.Chip Overclockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11195242013008369733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28344720.post-47699017408652806622007-06-27T09:20:00.000-06:002007-06-27T09:20:00.000-06:00I apologize for not responding to some of these co...I apologize for not responding to some of these comments earlier, but I just managed to stumble across them and discover that my spam filter has started removing all of the comment email from Blogger. Oops. Hopefully this is now rectified.<BR/><BR/>Yes, I spent a decade in the Lucent/Avaya camp. Although I never worked on Avaya phone firmware, nor even used a VOIP phone in my day-to-day work, I Chip Overclockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11195242013008369733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28344720.post-3564652316795083332007-05-22T10:30:00.000-06:002007-05-22T10:30:00.000-06:00Just hold down the # key and the phone will reset....Just hold down the # key and the phone will reset.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28344720.post-218972962460654622007-04-21T23:49:00.000-06:002007-04-21T23:49:00.000-06:00I finally bought a 4610SW IP, partly on your recom...I finally bought a 4610SW IP, partly on your recommendation, but frankly mostly because I was able to touch one, and it does suck less.<BR/><BR/>Now I'm in firmware hell. You used to work Avaya, I see, which might explain why this was apparently effortless for you. Where's the reset-NVRAM switch inside? I've got it looking for VLAN ID=0 now, and I'll have to turn the lab upside-down to make itAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28344720.post-1553380577571579312007-04-08T18:39:00.000-06:002007-04-08T18:39:00.000-06:00I used a LinkSys 100Mb/s WiFi bridge, a little box...I used a LinkSys 100Mb/s WiFi bridge, a little box that converts from wired Ethernet to WiFi. The phone has a power-over-ethernet brick that sits between it and the WiFi bridge (now between it and the HomePlug adaptor). I converted both the Avaya 4610SW SIP phone and my Asterisk server from WiFi to HomePlug.<BR/><BR/>I'm still having problems with very occasional disconnects while using HomePlug.Chip Overclockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11195242013008369733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28344720.post-74182450373002024842007-04-08T16:32:00.000-06:002007-04-08T16:32:00.000-06:00Does the phone have built in wifi or were you usin...Does the phone have built in wifi or were you using something else. If so what? I'm trying to use IP Phones in my house with out rewiring. I was thinking of using the HomePlug adapters but wanted to see how you did it with wireless.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06557423393375390576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28344720.post-23010568916455276862007-03-03T12:51:00.000-07:002007-03-03T12:51:00.000-07:00So here's the latest on Asterisk, HomePlug, and my...So here's the latest on Asterisk, HomePlug, and my Avaya SIP phone. As of yesterday, I had a couple of calls drop in the middle. This is the first time this has happened since switching from WiFi to HomePlug to connect my Asterisk server to my Avaya 4620SW. Investigation continues.<BR/><BR/>Meanwhile, today I upgraded to Asterisk 1.2.16 (I'm embarressed to admit how old my prior version was, but Chip Overclockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11195242013008369733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28344720.post-58961195186352647182007-02-27T18:34:00.000-07:002007-02-27T18:34:00.000-07:00I've only seen the new Avaya 96xx phones "at a dis...I've only seen the new Avaya 96xx phones "at a distance": I've handled one but never even made a call with it on an Avaya CM system much less Asterisk.<BR/><BR/>Depending on the price differentials, used 46xx models capable of SIP might be a pretty good deal, particularly since they're known to work with Asterisk. I am frankly impressed with the build quality of the 46xx phones, less so with the Chip Overclockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11195242013008369733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28344720.post-73590661675125147572007-02-26T15:22:00.000-07:002007-02-26T15:22:00.000-07:00Any thoughts on the Avaya 9620/9630 for (my intend...Any thoughts on the Avaya 9620/9630 for (my intended) use with Asterisk? A local reseller has agreed to let me come over and touch one (there's far too much plastic crap and I will never again buy a telephone sight-unseen), but the hear-no-Asterisk/see-no-Asterisk thing may extend even to this reseller.<BR/><BR/>Why shouldn't I pick up a used 4610 on eBay instead?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28344720.post-2467773244288374612007-02-07T06:56:00.000-07:002007-02-07T06:56:00.000-07:00By way of an update, I've had several longish call...By way of an update, I've had several longish calls recently, in addition to my own test calls, using this new configuration and have yet to have a VOIP disconnect. This proves nothing, but it is at least encouraging. On the flip side, if WiFi does have a problem when densities get high, then unfortunately as a technology it has no where to go by down.Chip Overclockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11195242013008369733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28344720.post-79903722322177994292007-02-04T07:42:00.000-07:002007-02-04T07:42:00.000-07:00I have since posted a follow-up article with photo...I have since posted a follow-up article with photographs of some of the equipment I described here. Check out "The Secret Life of Chip Overclock Revealed At Last!".Chip Overclockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11195242013008369733noreply@blogger.com