Awesome! I'll have to look into that. On Aug 9, 2017 7:40 PM, "Nathan Anderson" <nath...@fsr.com> wrote:
> Asterisk's res_phoneprov module can deal with this and I'm sure could > easily be adapted to work with UniFi VoIP phones as well. Polycoms work > the same way: they request <macaddr>.cfg from the provisioning server. In > Asterisk, each extension is mapped to a particular MAC address, and when a > Polycom phone asks for (e.g.) 0004f2abcdef.cfg from Asterisk's built-in > HTTP server (a file doesn't actually exist anywhere on the filesystem), > Asterisk knows which extension that phone should have and generates the > configuration for it on-the-fly. > > > > -- Nathan > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Josh Reynolds > *Sent:* Wednesday, August 09, 2017 5:20 PM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Best BPX to work with Unifi Phones > > > > For what it's worth, UniFi provisioning doesn't happen via single config > file. You will need to generate a config file with the Mac address as part > of the file name. Search Google or UBNT.com for the article. > > > > I have some in my house. I use my edgerouter to provide the tftp source as > my cloudkey, and my cloudkey has asterisk running on it. > > > > I could probably setup a system to generate a config on the fly by > scraping info from the DHCP request and then generating a config file with > the proper filename and inputting info from sip.conf for the user info if > need be, I just haven't needed to. > > > > On Aug 9, 2017 7:08 PM, "Nathan Anderson" <nath...@fsr.com> wrote: > > I've put together an OpenWRT-based Asterisk VM (with Asterisk-GUI on top > instead of FreePBX) that knows how to generate the provisioning files for > Polycom phones from templates and offers them up via HTTP instead of TFTP. > I can bang out a new PBX in an afternoon with it. I still usually pair > this with a MikroTik doing the DHCP server bit. > > > > If you have never done any VoIP before and perhaps need some hand-holding, > I haven't personally used it, but 3CX, which is a commercial Windows > product, seems to come highly recommended. If you want something free, > though, there is probably going to be a steeper learning curve. > > > > The other part you are going to have to consider is the hardware. If you > can get phone service handed off to you as pure SIP/IP, then great. But if > you actually need to take analog copper or TDM lines in from the phone > company, then you are going to need to either get a PSTN <-> SIP device > that meets your needs or purchase the necessary interface cards for the > PC/server you are running the PBX software on. > > > > Good luck, > > > > -- Nathan > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Adam Moffett > *Sent:* Wednesday, August 09, 2017 2:04 PM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Best BPX to work with Unifi Phones > > > > I've used a Mikrotik as the provisioning server in a lab setup.....don't > think I ever did it in real life. It can set the required DHCP options and > can be a TFTP server, and that's what you really need. > > > > I liked the Sipura/Linksys/Cisco SPA phones because you could configure > via the web page then export the XML config. Then duplicate and edit as > needed. It was hard to beat that for simplicity. I'm a few years out of > touch on VoIP, so I have no idea what phones are out there these days. > > > > > > ------ Original Message ------ > > From: "Josh Reynolds" <j...@kyneticwifi.com> > > To: af@afmug.com > > Sent: 8/9/2017 4:27:36 PM > > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Best BPX to work with Unifi Phones > > > > PBX. > > > > Simple? VoIP is not simple. FreePBX is as simple as it gets, and it's only > simple because it is limiting. > > > > For provisioning you will need a tftp server, the ability to set DHCP > options, and a basic grasp of XML. > > > > On Aug 9, 2017 2:35 PM, "Timothy Steele" <timothy.pct...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Anyone Working With Unifi Phones? > > > > going to island of Palau to re do a network and VOIP System if they do not > get Bombed by north Korea first :( but anyway is there like a super simple > BPX out there to connect with unifi phones would only have 2 weeks to get > this all done soo looking for easy lol > >
