Hi, I have just about got FreeSwitch working with a Cisco 7940 Phone. After much reading, I worked out that I needed a TFTP server on the network that would supply the phone with it's SIP personality and config etc. I have been able to get the phone working and realise that the TFTP server needs to be available every time the phone loses power etc. At the moment, I have the TFTP server running on a temporary machine but it would be neater if it ran on the same machine as FreeSwitch. This will be a very small FreeSwitch installation, so, ....... Is there any reason why I should not try to run FreeSwitch and the SolarWinds Free TFTP Server on the same Windows XP Machine ? I don't think the server should put much load on the machine but wondered if there were any other reasons why this is a bad idea ? In addition, while I have the phone working - I get a status message on boot ... "W310 2 Errors(s) Parsing SIPDefault.cnf Can anyone tell me how to locate the errors in this file please ? (I have posted it to the Pastebin) Regards Dave
Hi I run the SolarWinds TFTP server alongside FS on my small installation - works nicely! Jeff Dave Stevenson wrote:
Hi,
I have just about got FreeSwitch working with a Cisco 7940 Phone. After much reading, I worked out that I needed a TFTP server on the network that would supply the phone with it's SIP personality and config etc. I have been able to get the phone working and realise that the TFTP server needs to be available every time the phone loses power etc. At the moment, I have the TFTP server running on a temporary machine but it would be neater if it ran on the same machine as FreeSwitch. This will be a very small FreeSwitch installation, so, .......
Is there any reason why I should not try to run FreeSwitch and the SolarWinds Free TFTP Server on the same Windows XP Machine ? I don't think the server should put much load on the machine but wondered if there were any other reasons why this is a bad idea ?
In addition, while I have the phone working - I get a status message on boot ... "W310 2 Errors(s) Parsing SIPDefault.cnf
Can anyone tell me how to locate the errors in this file please ? (I have posted it to the Pastebin)
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Hi Jeff, thanks lot for the feedback, sounds like it'll do just what I want without breaking FreeSwitch, or needing to have a dedicated server just for a few personality and supporting files. I have been messing with some custom ring tones. As I'm sure you know, but others might not, the Cisco phone downloads the sound file from the TFTP server everytime you change the ringtone from one of the default ones so the TFTP server needs to be on all the time so running it on the FreeSwitch machine is ideal for me, regards Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Lenk" <jlenk@frontiernet.net> To: <freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org> Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 2:38 AM Subject: Re: [Freeswitch-users] TFTP Server & Cisco 7540
Hi
I run the SolarWinds TFTP server alongside FS on my small installation - works nicely!
Jeff
Dave Stevenson wrote:
Hi,
I have just about got FreeSwitch working with a Cisco 7940 Phone. After much reading, I worked out that I needed a TFTP server on the network that would supply the phone with it's SIP personality and config etc. I have been able to get the phone working and realise that the TFTP server needs to be available every time the phone loses power etc. At the moment, I have the TFTP server running on a temporary machine but it would be neater if it ran on the same machine as FreeSwitch. This will be a very small FreeSwitch installation, so, .......
Is there any reason why I should not try to run FreeSwitch and the SolarWinds Free TFTP Server on the same Windows XP Machine ? I don't think the server should put much load on the machine but wondered if there were any other reasons why this is a bad idea ?
In addition, while I have the phone working - I get a status message on boot ... "W310 2 Errors(s) Parsing SIPDefault.cnf
Can anyone tell me how to locate the errors in this file please ? (I have posted it to the Pastebin)
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i don't really think you need to erect a dedicated server for serving configs and binaries over tftp protocol, when installation size is not _very_ large. On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 2:03 PM, Dave Stevenson <stevendt@primrosebank.net> wrote:
Hi Jeff,
thanks lot for the feedback, sounds like it'll do just what I want without breaking FreeSwitch, or needing to have a dedicated server just for a few personality and supporting files.
I have been messing with some custom ring tones. As I'm sure you know, but others might not, the Cisco phone downloads the sound file from the TFTP server everytime you change the ringtone from one of the default ones so the TFTP server needs to be on all the time so running it on the FreeSwitch machine is ideal for me,
regards Dave
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Hi
I run the SolarWinds TFTP server alongside FS on my small installation - works nicely!
Jeff
Dave Stevenson wrote:
Hi,
I have just about got FreeSwitch working with a Cisco 7940 Phone. After much reading, I worked out that I needed a TFTP server on the network that would supply the phone with it's SIP personality and config etc. I have been able to get the phone working and realise that the TFTP server needs to be available every time the phone loses power etc. At the moment, I have the TFTP server running on a temporary machine but it would be neater if it ran on the same machine as FreeSwitch. This will be a very small FreeSwitch installation, so, .......
Is there any reason why I should not try to run FreeSwitch and the SolarWinds Free TFTP Server on the same Windows XP Machine ? I don't think the server should put much load on the machine but wondered if there were any other reasons why this is a bad idea ?
In addition, while I have the phone working - I get a status message on boot ... "W310 2 Errors(s) Parsing SIPDefault.cnf
Can anyone tell me how to locate the errors in this file please ? (I have posted it to the Pastebin)
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If you are using Windows XP (or Vista for that matter), you may want to look at tftpd32. Its more compact and uses less memory than Solarwinds yet provides not only a tftp server but a dhcp and syslog server as well. In the past, I've use it to upgrade, install, and troubleshoot a variety of gear (dslams, routers, softswitches, SIP endpoints, etc.) when a dedicated server was not available. -metik Jeff Lenk wrote:
Hi
I run the SolarWinds TFTP server alongside FS on my small installation - works nicely!
Jeff
Dave Stevenson wrote:
Hi,
I have just about got FreeSwitch working with a Cisco 7940 Phone. After much reading, I worked out that I needed a TFTP server on the network that would supply the phone with it's SIP personality and config etc. I have been able to get the phone working and realise that the TFTP server needs to be available every time the phone loses power etc. At the moment, I have the TFTP server running on a temporary machine but it would be neater if it ran on the same machine as FreeSwitch. This will be a very small FreeSwitch installation, so, .......
Is there any reason why I should not try to run FreeSwitch and the SolarWinds Free TFTP Server on the same Windows XP Machine ? I don't think the server should put much load on the machine but wondered if there were any other reasons why this is a bad idea ?
In addition, while I have the phone working - I get a status message on boot ... "W310 2 Errors(s) Parsing SIPDefault.cnf
Can anyone tell me how to locate the errors in this file please ? (I have posted it to the Pastebin)
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Metik, thanks a lot for the tip, I will certainly look at it, particularly if it does DHCP too. At the moment, I use my ADSL Router to provide DHCP to the network but I've just discovered that you can't configure options in its DHCP server to point to the TFTP server for the phone. At the moment, I have to have the phone set to a static IP address to be able to configure the TFTP server address which is not as flexible as using DHCP. I had thought about changing over to use Windows Server DHCP services but it sounds like ttpd32 would do the trick. I just need to decide whether I want all of my machines to rely on getting their IP address from another PC - it feels like having DHCP in the router is more robust. Regards Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: "Metik" <freeswitch-users-list@metik.com> To: <freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org> Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 4:01 PM Subject: Re: [Freeswitch-users] TFTP Server & Cisco 7540
If you are using Windows XP (or Vista for that matter), you may want to look at tftpd32. Its more compact and uses less memory than Solarwinds yet provides not only a tftp server but a dhcp and syslog server as well.
In the past, I've use it to upgrade, install, and troubleshoot a variety of gear (dslams, routers, softswitches, SIP endpoints, etc.) when a dedicated server was not available.
-metik
Jeff Lenk wrote:
Hi
I run the SolarWinds TFTP server alongside FS on my small installation - works nicely!
Jeff
Dave Stevenson wrote:
Hi,
I have just about got FreeSwitch working with a Cisco 7940 Phone. After much reading, I worked out that I needed a TFTP server on the network that would supply the phone with it's SIP personality and config etc. I have been able to get the phone working and realise that the TFTP server needs to be available every time the phone loses power etc. At the moment, I have the TFTP server running on a temporary machine but it would be neater if it ran on the same machine as FreeSwitch. This will be a very small FreeSwitch installation, so, .......
Is there any reason why I should not try to run FreeSwitch and the SolarWinds Free TFTP Server on the same Windows XP Machine ? I don't think the server should put much load on the machine but wondered if there were any other reasons why this is a bad idea ?
In addition, while I have the phone working - I get a status message on boot ... "W310 2 Errors(s) Parsing SIPDefault.cnf
Can anyone tell me how to locate the errors in this file please ? (I have posted it to the Pastebin)
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Some Cisco phones need DHCP option 150. /b On Nov 19, 2009, at 10:46 AM, Dave Stevenson wrote:
Metik,
thanks a lot for the tip, I will certainly look at it, particularly if it does DHCP too.
At the moment, I use my ADSL Router to provide DHCP to the network but I've just discovered that you can't configure options in its DHCP server to point to the TFTP server for the phone. At the moment, I have to have the phone set to a static IP address to be able to configure the TFTP server address which is not as flexible as using DHCP. I had thought about changing over to use Windows Server DHCP services but it sounds like ttpd32 would do the trick.
I just need to decide whether I want all of my machines to rely on getting their IP address from another PC - it feels like having DHCP in the router is more robust.
Regards Dave
Yeah, roger that... Here is an excerpt from the page I did on the Cisco 7960G HowTo: http://wiki.freeswitch.org/wiki/Freeswitch_Cisco_7960G_Howto It's for Linux, but you'll get some good pointers on the TFTP option you're looking for. I haven't provisioned any 7540's... Good luck! Best Regards, Karl J. Vesterling kjv@ken-ton.com 202-461-3231 x0 On Nov 19, 2009, at 11:55 AM, Brian West wrote:
Some Cisco phones need DHCP option 150.
/b
On Nov 19, 2009, at 10:46 AM, Dave Stevenson wrote:
Metik,
thanks a lot for the tip, I will certainly look at it, particularly if it does DHCP too.
At the moment, I use my ADSL Router to provide DHCP to the network but I've just discovered that you can't configure options in its DHCP server to point to the TFTP server for the phone. At the moment, I have to have the phone set to a static IP address to be able to configure the TFTP server address which is not as flexible as using DHCP. I had thought about changing over to use Windows Server DHCP services but it sounds like ttpd32 would do the trick.
I just need to decide whether I want all of my machines to rely on getting their IP address from another PC - it feels like having DHCP in the router is more robust.
Regards Dave
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Then why is the 7540 in the Subject of this thread? I hadn't found data on the 7540 either, but hey, for a while the Cisco WAAS device was a Cisco Product and had not any support from Cisco. Matter of fact, I had to get the regional sales director on the phone to argue successfully to the cisco support drone that the WAAS Devices were indeed Cisco devices, and that we were entitled to support, and that Cisco did have a support queue for the WAAS product. (It was quite humorous to listen in as the banter went back and forth. At which point I asked, "Do you now understand the source of my frustration?") (This wasn't a problem before since we had a back door into the WAAS developers, but our back door was on vacation at the time of this support request.) So, you can see my confusion here with regard to 7540 vs 7940... Best Regards, Karl J. Vesterling kjv@ken-ton.com 202-461-3231 x0 On Nov 19, 2009, at 1:17 PM, Brian West wrote:
I don't think a 7540 exists.
/b
On Nov 19, 2009, at 12:11 PM, Karl J. Vesterling wrote:
I haven't provisioned any 7540's... Good luck!
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Thanks Guys, I had not realised until the last couple of days that DHCP did more than just providing the IP address to the client. I have been happily just doing that for a few years now without anything other than my Router providing the DHCP function. It's only now that I have taken the plunge into IP telephony that I realise that it can do more and for Cisco phones, should provide the address of the TFTP server. My work-around at the moment is to used fixed IP addresses in the phone for it's own IP address and the TFTP server - not as neat as I would like, but it works. I will look at a better long term solution with a different DHCP server (as already mentioned earlier in this thread). Looking on the bright side, I have got the phone provisioned - though I'm still working out what all the options are, but it is working. As Brian has spotted - my reference to a 7540 was an error - I got in right in the body of the original post, but not when I edited the subject line - oooops - sorry. The phone is a 7940 ! regards Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karl J. Vesterling" <kjv@ken-ton.com> To: <freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org> Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 6:11 PM Subject: Re: [Freeswitch-users] TFTP Server & Cisco 7540
Yeah, roger that... Here is an excerpt from the page I did on the Cisco 7960G HowTo:
http://wiki.freeswitch.org/wiki/Freeswitch_Cisco_7960G_Howto
It's for Linux, but you'll get some good pointers on the TFTP option you're looking for. I haven't provisioned any 7540's... Good luck!
Best Regards, Karl J. Vesterling kjv@ken-ton.com 202-461-3231 x0
On Nov 19, 2009, at 11:55 AM, Brian West wrote:
Some Cisco phones need DHCP option 150.
/b
On Nov 19, 2009, at 10:46 AM, Dave Stevenson wrote:
Metik,
thanks a lot for the tip, I will certainly look at it, particularly if it does DHCP too.
At the moment, I use my ADSL Router to provide DHCP to the network but I've just discovered that you can't configure options in its DHCP server to point to the TFTP server for the phone. At the moment, I have to have the phone set to a static IP address to be able to configure the TFTP server address which is not as flexible as using DHCP. I had thought about changing over to use Windows Server DHCP services but it sounds like ttpd32 would do the trick.
I just need to decide whether I want all of my machines to rely on getting their IP address from another PC - it feels like having DHCP in the router is more robust.
Regards Dave
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He should be able to just use "Additional Option" to add option 150 (and the associated IP address to which the TFTP server is bound). Brian West wrote:
Some Cisco phones need DHCP option 150.
/b
On Nov 19, 2009, at 10:46 AM, Dave Stevenson wrote:
Metik,
thanks a lot for the tip, I will certainly look at it, particularly if it does DHCP too.
At the moment, I use my ADSL Router to provide DHCP to the network but I've just discovered that you can't configure options in its DHCP server to point to the TFTP server for the phone. At the moment, I have to have the phone set to a static IP address to be able to configure the TFTP server address which is not as flexible as using DHCP. I had thought about changing over to use Windows Server DHCP services but it sounds like ttpd32 would do the trick.
I just need to decide whether I want all of my machines to rely on getting their IP address from another PC - it feels like having DHCP in the router is more robust.
Regards Dave
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You'd think so wouldn't you... Even the DHCP Server with Snow Leopard Server lacks this basic functionality. If someone knows how to enable it, please post destructions on how-to here... Best Regards, Karl J. Vesterling kjv@ken-ton.com 202-461-3231 x0 On Nov 19, 2009, at 6:23 PM, Metik wrote:
He should be able to just use "Additional Option" to add option 150 (and the associated IP address to which the TFTP server is bound).
Brian West wrote:
Some Cisco phones need DHCP option 150.
/b
On Nov 19, 2009, at 10:46 AM, Dave Stevenson wrote:
Metik,
thanks a lot for the tip, I will certainly look at it, particularly if it does DHCP too.
At the moment, I use my ADSL Router to provide DHCP to the network but I've just discovered that you can't configure options in its DHCP server to point to the TFTP server for the phone. At the moment, I have to have the phone set to a static IP address to be able to configure the TFTP server address which is not as flexible as using DHCP. I had thought about changing over to use Windows Server DHCP services but it sounds like ttpd32 would do the trick.
I just need to decide whether I want all of my machines to rely on getting their IP address from another PC - it feels like having DHCP in the router is more robust.
Regards Dave
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Although I'm not familiar with Snow Leopard's DHCP server implementation, I would assume that to expose that functionality--it is a matter of tweaking what is under the hood. If that is not the case--you could just build and/or install ISC's DHCP server. As far as tftpd32, I have used it in the past and it does support it. It is not by any means feature rich but should suffice given his needs. The other alternative is to install Cygwin-based build of the ISC DHCP server. -metik Karl J. Vesterling wrote:
You'd think so wouldn't you...
Even the DHCP Server with Snow Leopard Server lacks this basic functionality. If someone knows how to enable it, please post destructions on how-to here...
Best Regards, Karl J. Vesterling kjv@ken-ton.com 202-461-3231 x0
On Nov 19, 2009, at 6:23 PM, Metik wrote:
He should be able to just use "Additional Option" to add option 150 (and the associated IP address to which the TFTP server is bound).
Brian West wrote:
Some Cisco phones need DHCP option 150.
/b
On Nov 19, 2009, at 10:46 AM, Dave Stevenson wrote:
Metik,
thanks a lot for the tip, I will certainly look at it, particularly if it does DHCP too.
At the moment, I use my ADSL Router to provide DHCP to the network but I've just discovered that you can't configure options in its DHCP server to point to the TFTP server for the phone. At the moment, I have to have the phone set to a static IP address to be able to configure the TFTP server address which is not as flexible as using DHCP. I had thought about changing over to use Windows Server DHCP services but it sounds like ttpd32 would do the trick.
I just need to decide whether I want all of my machines to rely on getting their IP address from another PC - it feels like having DHCP in the router is more robust.
Regards Dave
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