Hi, You're right, it must be connected to the USB port, but this does not mean that it will be "Windows only". It can have linux drivers too.
BR, Dan P.S. I think that for the moment, the cheaper option is to use ATA with some good and cheap DECT phones (in Europe) without any other feature than Caller ID (name and number). It can cost you less than 120EURO per port (about 75 EURO for 1/2 ATA and another 50 for the cordless phone). ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Todd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 11:38 AM Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Cordless SIP phones > The phone link below shows a device which plugs into the USB port of > a machine, which makes me highly suspect that it will be a > "Windoze-only" phone, and consequently pretty worthless. > > For 802.11 phones, there are at least two H.323 phones out there - > Google will show you the way. > > I held in my hands this spring at VON an 802.11 SIP phone by an east > Asian shop, and I even made calls on it. However, it was the > "convention floor" model, and my questions on pricing, resellers, > software packages, and the basic questions of "How do I buy this?" > were met with astonishingly rapid linguistic difficulty, moments > after the very same people were talking with me fluently when they > thought I worked for Cisco. In other words: vaporware. > > The 802.11 phones are coming... eventually. It's everyone's "brass > ring" right now, but the power requirements for 802.11 beat the hell > out of whatever kind of batteries you can put into a handset that > people feel comfortable with. I'll bet that cell phones use an order > of magnitude less power than 802.11 systems do, so there are > different problems with attaching to a "realtime" network all the > time with a handheld device. Batteries, batteries, batteries. > > Cisco has an 802.11 phone called the 7920, which is apparently > shipping now. It is very expensive (>$550 USD) and only runs SCCP at > the moment, which is Cisco's proprietary VoIP protocol. However, if > it falls in line with some of Cisco's other high-end VoIP equipment, > that means it should have a trailing-edge SIP image running by > December. Despite Cisco's frequent stupidity when it comes to > marketing decisions, they make some pretty nice gear and so I'm > holding out for the 7920. > > JT > > > > At 9:44 AM +0300 8/18/03, Dan wrote: > >Hi, > > > >A cordless phone with support for both PSTN and IP will be available at the > >beginning of 2004. > >See the link: > >http://www.eutecticsinc.com/products/consumer.html#IPP700 > > > >BR, > >Dan > >P.S. In this moment I have an ATA186 with two DECT cordless phones which > >works like a charm with Asterisk. > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Nathan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 2:55 AM > >Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Cordless SIP phones > > > > > >> Does anyone have any recommendations for a cordless phone that uses SIP > > > (or IAX)? It doesn't have to use 802.11b, but that would be appreciated. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Nathan > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
