For this, I would recommend using a smart DHCP device, which supports the passing of 'option 66' - for example, the edgemarc series of routers.
With that, you could pass "ftp://user1:[EMAIL PROTECTED]" via dhcp in order to provision the phone, and different credentials if you are concerned about mixing up bootroms, and application loads. As far as I am aware ( I think I tried this once) it is not possible to pass ftp://username:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/directory1 via option 66. I am not too sure how much of an issue the versions is is with polycoms, in their reseller training, they give a list of upgrade paths, but I am not sure if this affects new versions, which may just be upgradable out of the box without any clashes.... Robert On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 9:38 PM, Lee, John (Sydney) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a question about DHCP and boot server supporting more than 1 > model of Polycom phones. > > According to Polycom "standards", Polycom phone boots up to get a DHCP > address and at the same time getting a boot server string (with username > and password) to logon to boot server to download SIP, bootROM and etc. > > That is okay if there is only one type of phone (that requires a > specific SIP and bootROM release). > > What about if the environment has to support two or more models of > Polycom phones? > > On the boot server side, I can define another home directory like > /home/polycom1 and /home/polycom2 to store different SIP and bootROM > releases. However, the issue is how different polycom phone model can > get a different user account and password to log on to different home > directories. > > I understand the issue here is DHCP and not the boot server but I am a > bit of a newbie here. > > Can anyone help please? > > > _______________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users