Great, I guess that makes up for the defective hardware... -GSR
----- Original Message ----- From: "William Zhang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2003 4:35 AM Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Grandstream Budgetone Defective Units > Greg, > > The Network Router MAC address issue is resolved by new firmware > 1.0.3.81. > > --- Greg Renouf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Out of the 8 test Grandstreams we purchased in May- 3 of them are now > > totally dead. It looks like power supply problems... > > > > 2 of the phones have broken buttons... > > > > And every time I plug them into the network- half of them cause the > > network > > to crash. It seems that in the network we are testing on (a Dutch > > university) does not agree with the Grandstream phones. When plugged > > into > > the network, they seem to grab the MAC address from the local router > > and us > > it is their own. This produces total chaos- local pc's get confused > > and the > > network stops working. Not good. > > > > I told GS about this problem a few months ago- they initially blamed > > the > > problem on the network. So far, there has been no satisfactory > > solution. > > > > It seems obvious to me that the GS is not ready for prime time... > > > > -GSR > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Steve Haehnichen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2003 5:18 AM > > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Grandstream Budgetone Defective Units > > > > > > > -=> On Fri, 22 Aug 2003 06:49:53 +0000, "WipeOut ." > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > > > > > The remote NTP problem is fixed in the current beta firmware that > > I > > > > have been testing for GS.. Hopefully it will be released soon.. > > > > > > I'm going 'round and 'round with the GS support guys. I've tried > > > three beta versions of the firmware and still don't have a fix for > > > what appears to be a serious problem. > > > > > > If I use a DNS server inside my LAN (within the subnet) while my > > > router is not at that same address, the phones crash at boot time. > > In > > > other cases, they will ARP crazy things, like remote servers or > > > 0.0.0.0. I could be wrong about the specifics, but there seems to > > be > > > certain sets of network addresses that they handle poorly. > > > > > > I've sent them a number of packet traces and some repeatable > > > scenarios, but each firmware update seems to fix one and break > > others. > > > At this point, I don't have a lot of confidence in their TCP/IP > > stack. > > > > > > That said, none of the three units (or their power supplies) have > > > failed on me. :) > > > > > > For best results, make sure the DHCP server and Router are the same > > > machine, and that the DNS server is outside your subnet. > > > > > > -Steve > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 > > > ===== > > William Zhang > _______________________________________________ > 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