I also had trouble w/ these phones at first. There was a DHCP option (?81?) you'll have to google it. The phones would not talk to tftp until I set dhcp option. The console aux cable is easy to build and VERY useful
Sent from my iPhone On Jun 13, 2011, at 8:31 PM, Mark Engelhardt <ma...@intuitiveengineering.com> wrote: > Bilal, > > I suggest you turn on logging on your tftp server to see what files are > actually being requested, and if the the tftp server is dishing them out... > Try adding a few v's to your tftp setup: > > File: /etc/xinetd.d/tftp > Line to change: server_args = -s /tftpboot -v -v -v > > Look in /var/log/messages for the output. > > Also, I believe your 7942G has a console/aux port which is a serial port, you > can learn what is happening as the phone boots up with that too. > > Good Luck! > > Mark > > > On Jun 13, 2011, at 3:02 PM, bilal ghayyad wrote: > >> Dears; >> >> The Asterisk version is 1.8.3.2 >> >> The Cisco IP Phone is 7942G and it is running now skinny. >> >> The used TFTP is tftp-server which is installed in fedora. >> >> I placed the following two files (but look like it was not taken from the >> TFTP, as nothing appeared in the messages), but I am able to to ping from >> the asterisk box to the vlan that the Phone is connected, so no problem in >> the reachability: >> >> >> SEPB8BEBF22AB62.cnf.xml >> xmlDefault.CNF.XML >> >> Are the files name correct? Or the Cisco IP Phone 7942G are not working fine >> with Asterisk or the tftp-server? >> >> Regards >> Bilal >> >> -------------------- >> >>>> Hi All; >>>> >>>> Can anyone advise if using Cisco IP Phones >>> >>> Which model(s) are you planning to use ? >>> >>> >>>> in skinny protocol is fine or not? Or it is better to >>> use it in SIP >>>> protocol? >>>> >>>> >> -------------- >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> On 06/13/2011 01:04 PM, bilal ghayyad wrote: >>>> Can anyone advise if using Cisco IP Phones in skinny >>> protocol is fine or not? Or it is better to use it in SIP >>> protocol? >>> >>> SCCP works better than SIP in my opinion as there are more >>> features. >>> Check out http://chan-sccp-b.sourceforge.net/ >>> >> > > > -- > _____________________________________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: > http://www.asterisk.org/hello > > 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 -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users