[VoIP] Cisco 3810's

[John Novack]

Don E. Wisdom wrote:
> Cisco's web interfaces leave a lot to be desired.   If your going to buy
> cisco use telnet or even better SSH
> --Don
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The 3810's have no provision for SSH, but since they will normally be 
used on a private lan for CNET, they can be configured and telnet then 
turned off

John Novack

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: voip-bounces at ckts.info [mailto:voip-bounces at ckts.info] On Behalf
> Of John Novack
> Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 1:11 PM
> To: Lee Spenadel
> Cc: 'Voice Over IP Tandem for Analog Switches'
> Subject: Re: [VoIP] Cisco 3810's
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> Lee Spenadel wrote:
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>> Cisco devices of this genre did not support web interfaces - they
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> needed the
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>> initial config made by the Console port, then Telnet from there.
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>> Lee
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> 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.
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> John Novack
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: voip-bounces at ckts.info [mailto:voip-bounces at ckts.info] On Behalf
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> Of
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>> 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
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>> Donald Froula wrote:
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>>> Sorry for the basic question, but I'm curious what
>>> these are used for.
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>>> Can they be used simply as an ATA with FXO and FXS
>>> ports that can support dial pulsing?
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>> Pretty much the way they work.
>> When loaded with a SIP IOS image, they communicate with Asterisk much 
>> the way other ATA's do.
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>> The ports support DP, DTMF and MF, though I haven't tested them as
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>> as John  Jones, who is off to Germany this week.
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>>>  Can they be used to interface a T1/E1 channel bank to SIP? 
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>> AFAIK no one has yet successfully done that. JJ has tried, so far 
>> unsuccessfully.
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>>> Do they have any other unique capabilities?
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>> MF and E&M are kind of unique for an ATA. They also support 6 ports,
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>> if the dialplan is set up correctly, dialing between the 6 ports
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>> Asterisk in the stream.
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>>> How difficult is the SIP firmware to come by? 
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>> Ask John Jones. He has it, and AFAIK distributes it freely, if not 
>> anonymously.
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>>> Are they difficult to configure? 
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>> 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
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>> interface is no flow control, so shipping a configuration file into it
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>> doesn't work.
>> Once one telnets into it, then a configuration file edited off line
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>>> They look like a fun unit to experiment with.
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>> As much fun as a broken leg!
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>> John Novack
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