Hey, The phones we receive are all on HTTP by default and point to fm.grandstream.com by default.
So I added a hosts entry to my router pointing this to my own server and my server automatically adds the mac address to the database. This way, my selects the item and says what the username and password is. David Michiel van Baak wrote: > On 13:45, Thu 26 Mar 09, Lutgring, Sam wrote: > >> My preferred method is to use my own TFTP server. This makes changes to >> accounts/phones very fast and easy. The whole process takes me about 5 >> minutes to deploy an entirely new phone. >> >> 1) I modified the Grandstream template to contain my own information. This >> is a simple TXT document and can be edited in your favorite editor. I once >> counted that I am down to 8 lines in my template that need adjusting for a >> new user. >> 2) I open the above mentioned template and change the appropriate lines for >> the users phone and then save it to a directory utilizing a naming >> convention of EXTENSION-USERNAME.txt (this allows me ease of changing if >> ever required). >> 3) Then I use the Grandstream config generator to compile that into a bin >> file in the appropriate tftp directory. >> 4) Then (first time phone is ever used, not required on a redeploy) I log >> into the web interface on the phone and change 1 line that tells the phone >> where to find the config file. >> > > The phones by default allow you to use DHCP option 66 to provide the > tftp server address. That will remove step 4 from your list :) > > >> 5) Reboot the phone and all done. >> >> Hope this helps. >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com >> [mailto:asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of David Ruggles >> Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 11:41 AM >> To: 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion' >> Subject: [asterisk-users] Provisioning GXP 2000 >> >> I've done some googling and searched voip-info but I'm not able to find a >> good answer about how to provision the GXP 2000. >> >> Based on questions I've asked before it seems like a lot of people are using >> the grandstream phones so I figure provisioning can't be that hard. Is >> everyone using the web interface for *every* phone? Or is there a better, >> more automatic, way? >> >> TIA!!! >> >> Thanks, >> >> David Ruggles >> CCNA MCSE (NT) CNA A+ >> Network Engineer Safe Data, Inc. >> (910) 285-7200 da...@safedatausa.com >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> -- 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 >> > > _______________________________________________ -- 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