[VoIP] Cisco 3810's

[John Novack]

Lee Spenadel wrote:
> Cisco devices of this genre did not support web interfaces - they needed the
> initial config made by the Console port, then Telnet from there.
>
> Lee
>
>   
Yet there IS something in the setup regarding http server.
I haven't explored it at all. Once an IP address and password are set, 
telnet works well, and is better, given one can save the configuration 
file and even edit off line.

John Novack

> -----Original Message-----
> From: voip-bounces at ckts.info [mailto:voip-bounces at ckts.info] On Behalf Of
> John Novack
> Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 2:20 PM
> To: Donald Froula
> Cc: Voice Over IP Tandem for Analog Switches
> Subject: Re: [VoIP] Cisco 3810's
>
>
>
> Donald Froula wrote:
>   
>> Sorry for the basic question, but I'm curious what
>> these are used for.
>>
>> Can they be used simply as an ATA with FXO and FXS
>> ports that can support dial pulsing?
>>     
> Pretty much the way they work.
> When loaded with a SIP IOS image, they communicate with Asterisk much 
> the way other ATA's do.
>
> The ports support DP, DTMF and MF, though I haven't tested them as much 
> as John  Jones, who is off to Germany this week.
>   
>>  Can they be used to interface a T1/E1 channel bank to SIP? 
>>     
> AFAIK no one has yet successfully done that. JJ has tried, so far 
> unsuccessfully.
>   
>> Do they have any other unique capabilities?
>>   
>>     
> MF and E&M are kind of unique for an ATA. They also support 6 ports, and 
> if the dialplan is set up correctly, dialing between the 6 ports without 
> Asterisk in the stream.
>
>   
>> How difficult is the SIP firmware to come by? 
>>     
> Ask John Jones. He has it, and AFAIK distributes it freely, if not 
> anonymously.
>   
>> Are they difficult to configure? 
>>     
> No web interface that I have seen.
> One begins with a serial connection into the console, and once a few 
> items are set up, then telnet can be used. One problem with the serial 
> interface is no flow control, so shipping a configuration file into it 
> doesn't work.
> Once one telnets into it, then a configuration file edited off line works.
>   
>> They look like a fun unit to experiment with.
>>   
>>     
> As much fun as a broken leg!
>
> John Novack
>
>   

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