On Sun, 11 May 2008 15:43:30 +0200, TheFug <nosp@mplea.ze> wrote:
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>Brian A schreef:[color=green]
>> On Sat, 10 May 2008 12:40:33 +0200, TheFug <nosp@mplea.ze> wrote:
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>>> Martin Johnson schreef:
>>>> Can anyone recommend an ATA with really good echo cancellation?
>>>>
>>>> My SPA-3000 has never crashed, but echo cancellation has always been a
>>>> bit poor (particularly at the remote caller's end), and dependent on
>>>> audio gain levels set in the poorly-documented, over-complex web GUI. A
>>>> while back I upgraded to the current V3 firmware, which hasn't really
>>>> helped. So I wondered whether a more modern ATA box would have better
>>>> echo cancellation.
>>>>
>>>> I only need 1*Ethernet port and 1xFXS port, as I have a London 8 PABX
>>>> that can be configured as 2+6. But an ATA with 1*Ethernet, 1*FXS, 1*FXO
>>>> would be more flexible, if slightly more complex.
>>>>
>>>> What do people reckon to the Cisco ATA 186? I'm used to configuring
>>>> Cisco routers and switches, and Cisco kit tends to be very reliable.
>>>> Seems to be around the UKP 112 mark.
>>>>
>>>> Also - any comments on the FRITZ!Box Fon ATA? Seems hard to find in the
>>>> UK (even from the websites listed on AVM's site as resellers). Has it
>>>> been discontinued?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for any info!
>>>>
>>>> - Martin.
>>> The Germans use a annexB type of fritzbox, in holland there are several
>>> sites where you can order a Fritz!box 7170,(annexA) great thing, has
>>> much features, don't expect a pro GUI webinterface, it's meant for the
>>> layman, and is easy to set, and has some very advanced features,(USB
>>> port for storage, printer... and softswitch options) which are far more
>>> easier to set, then a cisco/linksys device.[/color]
>> You asked in your original post about the Fritzbox.
>> I have one and I also have an SPA-3000.
>> I would say that the Fritzbox performs well and is much easier to get
>> up and running, for the average person, than the SPA-3000.
>> However, for me, I would have the SPA-3000 every time.
>> My prime reason for saying this is the ability to customise the
>> dialling experience via the dial plan. In its effort to be simple the
>> Fritzbox loses out in this area. I have hardly used my Fritzbox 7140
>> but I am considering selling it just for this reason - so any offers
>> by email greatfully received.
>> Personally, I have experienced little trouble with echo on either my
>> SPA-3000 or the two SPA-3102 that I have set up for others.
>> It is important to get the line impedance set correctly - then I just
>> tweak the gain, as appropriate, and switch on the echo cancelling
>> options.
>>
>> On a separate topic, not wishing to hijack the thread...
>> I remotely control one of the SPA-3102 so that I can sort out any
>> problems from home. I have found that it is impossible to get the web
>> 'Voice' control interface to come up correctly on a Windows XP Pro
>> platform using Firefox, Opera or MSIE 7.
>> The problem I get is that all the tab contents displayed under each
>> other, in one long list, and then the egg timer just hangs as if
>> waiting for more data. I have tried emptying the RAM and disk cache to
>> no avail. I am aware that this web interface uses javascript so there
>> may be some problem there though I don't think that is the problem.
>> In Ubuntu Linux it will display OK most of the time but sometimes the
>> page needs to be loaded again for a correct display. So, I am tied to
>> booting up in Ubuntu if I want to access the SPA-3102 remotely.
>> Any ideas on this one?
>>
>>
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>So i guess you already overcome the problem of accessing the 3102
>webinterface, i thought i had setup it correctly to do so, but i only
>had access when the pc was straight plugged into the 3102, not both via
>LAN :( what's the secret ?[/color]
This is the way I do it.
1. Firstly you need to tackle the possible problem of a dynamic IP on
the source computer.If the IP changes then you won't know what IP to
link to.The Netgear router I am linking to has the facility to
register with dyndns.com. Set up an account on the web site. I used
'selfip' as a domain as the default one didn't seem to work properly.
If your router does not have this facility then you can put a program
on your computer to do a similar job. It will communicate with
dyndns.com and tell it what the current WAN IP is. This enables a
standard url to link to an IP which may be dynamic. Dyndns keeps track
of the WAN IP used by the source.
2. I changed the web port on the SPA-3102 to 81 and forwarded that
port, in the router, to the local 'ATA' IP of the SPA-3102.

Remotely, I can now enter
[url]http://xxxxx.selfip.org/admin/voice/advanced[/url]
into the browser (where xxxxx is the username I chose for in
dyndns.com account)

Obviously it is important to have username/password access for
security.




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