Run web proxy on the mikrotik, redirect web requests from the voip phones through the proxy. Proxy should catch and cache your firmware files while still allowing you host them on a central server.
Gerard On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 3:15 PM, Nate Burke via Af <af@afmug.com> wrote: > I'd like to do TFTP, but I'm working with some Grandstream phones, and all > their documentation is centered around http config. There is a little > footnote that TFTP should work too, but there is no documentation on it. > I've spent a couple hours trying to get the TFTP to work without success. > We'll see if they respond with anything insightful to a ticket. Just > throwing the TFTP Files on my mikrotik would be the optimum solution. > > > > On 12/9/2014 1:16 PM, Shayne Lebrun via Af wrote: > >> Hmmm, yes, you specified HTTP, and my brain filled in 'or FTP, or TFTP.' >> >> That being the case, possibly a small Synology or QNAP NAS device. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Nate Burke via Af >> Sent: Tuesday, December 9, 2014 2:08 PM >> To: af@afmug.com >> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Local FTP/HTTP Server >> >> I thought about that, but unless I'm missing something, you can't do HTTP >> from a mikrotik unless you run Metarouter with another image, unless the >> hotspot is running. >> >> >> On 12/9/2014 12:48 PM, Shayne Lebrun via Af wrote: >> >>> A mikrotik with a memory card would probably do. You might even >>> already have one laying around. >>> >>> A 433AH, with a microSD card would likely do just fine, and will be >>> awfully easy on the electric bill. And will run forever until the SD >>> card gives out, so long as you're not storing it in a furnace. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Ken Hohhof via Af >>> Sent: Tuesday, December 9, 2014 12:25 PM >>> To: af@afmug.com >>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Local FTP/HTTP Server >>> >>> Even a 1st gen NUC is probably overkill. Does it really have to be >>> small? >>> Seems like an opportunity to re-purpose an old desktop PC that would >>> otherwise be e-waste, as long as the BIOS lets you set it to power up >>> automatically after a power failure. >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Nate Burke via Af >>> Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2014 11:05 AM >>> To: Animal Farm >>> Subject: [AFMUG] Local FTP/HTTP Server >>> >>> I'm looking for a small HTTP Server that I can place on site at a >>> location for VoIP Phones to get their config/software upgrades from. >>> Would a Raspberry PI be the ideal device for this, or something else? >>> >>> I just need to be able to FTP the Configuration files to the unit, and >>> have it serve out the files via HTTP to the phones. I could host them >>> remotely, but for firmware updates, I don't want all 30 handsets >>> trying to download the 40mb file over their internet link. >>> >>> >
