Having invested some time in cleaning up my office earlier this week I was forced to commit some effort to the research behind a new review that I’ve been tasked with writing. In so doing I was experimenting with call setup between various different devices, including a Polycom IP550 and a Siemens S685IP.
Kyle Brocious over at the VOIP Insider blog wrote a good post describing as he puts it, “How To: Upload Firmware to a Polycom Unit.”
It’s a solid example of setting up a TFTP server to load new firmware to a Polycom SoundPoint SIP phone. I’ve been doing this for years.
It’s not quite a complete example of provisioning the phone as it doesn’t address loading the phones configuration from XML files on the server.
After a final edit this product review is online at Small Net Builder.
I finally managed to accumulate enough experience using this device to get the review written. It's in the hands of the folks at Small Net Builder for a final polish before publication. It'll probably be online in a couple of…
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The coming week promises to be very interesting. It’ll be the first full week spent in my office in a couple of months. Thank goodness. I’m tired of all the travel. Also, I have a bunch of new VOIP hardware either awaiting installation or on its way.
