I Found An Excellent Guide: Configure Asterisk VoIP IP PBX SIP Server With Cisco IP Phones

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Good day from Singapore,

Today 18 December 2020 Friday, I found an excellent guide on configuring Asterisk VoIP IP PBX SIP server with Cisco IP phones. I think the author explains very well and very clearly. The guide is certainly very detailed and well written.

Title of Guide: Configure Asterisk with Cisco IP Phones Author: Tyler Winfield Link: http://docshare02.docshare.tips/files/6706/67061980.pdf Original website: http://minded.ca/ (no longer accessible)

I am going to buy a cheap and used Cisco 7940 or 7960 IP phone for about SGD$20 and configure it to work with my FreePBX 15 and Asterisk 16 PBX
appliance by following this guide. I will provide feedback and my own custom guide after I have done so.

I just want to share this very excellent guide.

Another excellent website is https://www.voip-info.org/

On the front page, it says:

“Welcome to VOIP-info: a reference guide to all things VOIP.”

Sharing is caring.

Thank you.

Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming, 42 years old as of 18 December 2020
Friday, is a TARGETED INDIVIDUAL (TI) living in Singapore. He is presently an IT consultant with a System Integrator (SI)/computer firm in Singapore. He is an IT enthusiast.

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10 thoughts on - I Found An Excellent Guide: Configure Asterisk VoIP IP PBX SIP Server With Cisco IP Phones

  • When purchasing these phones, make sure they are SIP, as these were available with several different firmware loads

    You may end up with one used with Call Manager, and struggle to get the SIP firmware for it.

    In addition there were several versions of SIP firmware.

    None of the code will be available to you without proper credentials from Cisco

    John Novack

    Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming wrote:

  • I am planning to get a cheap and used Cisco 7960 IP phone for testing. The excellent guide I found says that the configuration and setup is extremely well documented for this model of Cisco IP phone. I also read that I can google search for SIP firmware and download them?

    Is Cisco 7960 better and more advanced than Cisco 7940?

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    Singaporean Targeted Individual Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming’s Academic Qualifications as at 14 Feb 2019 and refugee seeking attempts at the United Nations Refugee Agency Bangkok (21 Mar 2017), in Taiwan (5 Aug
    2019) and Australia (25 Dec 2019 to 9 Jan 2020):

    [1] https://tdtemcerts.wordpress.com/

    [2] https://tdtemcerts.blogspot.sg/

    [3] https://www.scribd.com/user/270125049/Teo-En-Ming

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  • The 7940 has 2 line buttons, the 7960 has 6 buttons

    There are other versions similar, including the 7970 with a color screen

    Not really sure you will have access to the SIP firmware without some relationship with Cisco.

    Better check before poring money down a rat hole!

    Also, you will need a TFTP server working on your Asterisk box

    Good luck

    JN

    Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming wrote:

  • Thank you for your advice and caution.

    I will install a TFTP server on my Asterisk PBX server, according to the guide I mentioned earlier.

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    The Gospel for all Targeted Individuals (TIs):

    [The New York Times] Microwave Weapons Are Prime Suspect in Ills of U.S. Embassy Workers

    Link:
    https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/01/science/sonic-attack-cuba-microwave.html

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    Singaporean Targeted Individual Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming’s Academic Qualifications as at 14 Feb 2019 and refugee seeking attempts at the United Nations Refugee Agency Bangkok (21 Mar 2017), in Taiwan (5 Aug
    2019) and Australia (25 Dec 2019 to 9 Jan 2020):

    [1] https://tdtemcerts.wordpress.com/

    [2] https://tdtemcerts.blogspot.sg/

    [3] https://www.scribd.com/user/270125049/Teo-En-Ming

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  • My suggestion would be to get a refurbished Polycom VVX 301 phone (With power brick if no POE is avaiable) for around $27 US.

    Doug

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  • I’ve found the SPA525G2’s much easier to deal with than the 7960’s. Probably more money, but worth it in my opinion.

  • I am not sure whether I would be able to get Polycom VVX 301 phone in Singapore. It does not appear to be popular in Singapore.

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    The Gospel for all Targeted Individuals (TIs):

    [The New York Times] Microwave Weapons Are Prime Suspect in Ills of U.S. Embassy Workers

    Link:
    https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/01/science/sonic-attack-cuba-microwave.html

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    Singaporean Targeted Individual Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming’s Academic Qualifications as at 14 Feb 2019 and refugee seeking attempts at the United Nations Refugee Agency Bangkok (21 Mar 2017), in Taiwan (5 Aug
    2019) and Australia (25 Dec 2019 to 9 Jan 2020):

    [1] https://tdtemcerts.wordpress.com/

    [2] https://tdtemcerts.blogspot.sg/

    [3] https://www.scribd.com/user/270125049/Teo-En-Ming

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  • The guide I have found says that Cisco 7960 is easier to deal with given that there is a lot of documentation on it on the internet.

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    The Gospel for all Targeted Individuals (TIs):

    [The New York Times] Microwave Weapons Are Prime Suspect in Ills of U.S. Embassy Workers

    Link:
    https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/01/science/sonic-attack-cuba-microwave.html

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    Singaporean Targeted Individual Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming’s Academic Qualifications as at 14 Feb 2019 and refugee seeking attempts at the United Nations Refugee Agency Bangkok (21 Mar 2017), in Taiwan (5 Aug
    2019) and Australia (25 Dec 2019 to 9 Jan 2020):

    [1] https://tdtemcerts.wordpress.com/

    [2] https://tdtemcerts.blogspot.sg/

    [3] https://www.scribd.com/user/270125049/Teo-En-Ming

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  • The guide I have found says that Cisco 7960 is easier to deal with given that there is a lot of documentation on it on the internet.

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    The Gospel for all Targeted Individuals (TIs):

    [The New York Times] Microwave Weapons Are Prime Suspect in Ills of U.S. Embassy Workers

    Link:
    https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/01/science/sonic-attack-cuba-microwave.html

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    Singaporean Targeted Individual Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming’s Academic Qualifications as at 14 Feb 2019 and refugee seeking attempts at the United Nations Refugee Agency Bangkok (21 Mar 2017), in Taiwan (5 Aug
    2019) and Australia (25 Dec 2019 to 9 Jan 2020):

    [1] https://tdtemcerts.wordpress.com/

    [2] https://tdtemcerts.blogspot.sg/

    [3] https://www.scribd.com/user/270125049/Teo-En-Ming

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  • Don’t know which exact model you have, but the basic 7960 was EOL in 2007 !

    Le 18/12/2020 à 17:07, Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming a écrit :
    Daniel

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