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The Cisco 7942 phone expects generally to work with the CISCO callmanager software which is in the local network. Asterisk or other SIP Proxy can fake the CISCO callmanager. Make sure that the SIP proxy is not assuming…

The Cisco 7945/7965 IP phones replace the 7941/7961 models, which are EOL as of January 2010. 7945/7965 feature backlit color LCD displays and additional navigation keys (left/right/select). Most of the 7941/7961 caveats apply to 7945/7965 as well, so…

Updated 12-21-2008 by endrnet   Intro. If you want to setup voicepulse (vp for short) service with a Cisco CallManager Express IOS router, this is the right place. There are no doubt tweaks that could improve what I’ve…

PuTTY freeware Windows client To generate a public/private key pair: Download and then Launch puttygen.exe It should default to SSH-2 RSA, 1024 bits, which will work. Click “Generate” Move the mouse around in the blank area to generate…

This subject would not be worthy of its own page for most phones, but there are enough caveats and workarounds for these UAs that others may benefit from shared experience. Note that US part numbers are used throughout…

General Description Internet Telephony Gateway with 4 FXO Ports Advanced Multi-Port PSTN Gateway Solution for the Linksys Voice System Page Contents FAQ Firmware Outstanding Bugs Fixed Bugs Feature Requests Undocumented Features Additional Information Where to purchase. Functions as…

  General Description The SPA3102 features the ability to connect standard telephones and fax machines to IP-based data networks with the additional benefit of an integrated connection for legacy telephone network “hop-on, hop-off” applications. SPA3102 users will be…

ATA186 configuration. The ATA configuration is well described by Cisco you will find pointers on the following page Asterisk phone cisco ATA18x For a 5mn quick start do the following : Connect your ATA on the Ethernet, it…

Cisco’s latest 79×1 lineup (including 7906G) Page Contents Introduction Config File Editing Phone Firmware Enabling TCP SIP Common problems Troubleshooting Trixbox XML services Some tips on using this phone. Sample Working Dialplan Cisco 7961 with 8.3.3SR2 Configuration Examples….

Step by Step Upgrading Cisco 79xx to 7.x from 6.3 After wasting some time to get this thing upgraded from 6.3 to 7.1 and then to 7.3 I decided to share it with everyone. First, I tried it…

Basic config The 7905/7912 series phones from Cisco use a different style of config files when configuring from TFTP. One composes the configuration file and then converts it to a binary format the phone can read. This conversion…

Configuring CISCO 7940 / 7960 to retrieve directory from OpenLDAP The purpoe of this post is to explain how to display a LDAP directory on CISCO 7940 / 7960. First you need a LDAP configured.In my example, I…

www.linksys.com Linksys, a division of Cisco Systems, Inc., current offerings – VoIP, Wireless and Ethernet networking for home, SOHO (Small Office, Home Office) and small business users. Based in Irvine, California, Warning! Some of the current Linksys VoIP…