When you set up the DHCP pool in Cisco you need to use syntax like: --> option 66 ascii "a.b.c.d"
Peter > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Noah Miller > Sent: Thursday, 10 November 2005 9:08 AM > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Cisco DHCP and Polycom boot server > > Hi - > > I've been trying to set up my Polycom phones to get the boot > server info > (tftp-server-address) from DHCP on a Cisco router. I've > previously just specified it manually on the phone, and that > works well enough, but I need to change now (because of the > number and geographic locations of the phones). > > I can actually get it to work just fine (using option 66 on > the Cisco router), if I change the DHCP menu on the Polycom > phone to show "BootSrv > Type: String". That's great, but that's not a default > setting, and I don't want to have to change any settings on > the phone. I want the phones to be able to provision fully, > out-of-the-box, with nothing but the info from DHCP. > > If I leave the default setting (BootSrv Type: IP Address), > and tell the Cisco router to send the boot serverinfo as an > IP rather than as a string, nothing happens. The phone just > says "Could not contact boot server, using existing > configuration", but according to the FTP logs and ethereal, > the phone doesn't actually try to contact the boot server at > all. I've tried various version of the bootrom, but nothing > has worked so far. > > Has anybody gotten this to work? (Cisco router DHCP and > Polycom boot server) > > Thanks, > Noah > > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation sponsored by Easynews.com -- > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation sponsored by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users