TrixBox CE Setup

Trixbox officially supports all Polycom and Aastra phones, so if you are looking at any point to get official support, you will probably want to purchase one of those brands. Although, many, many phones work with trixbox CE! If you are looking for a specific model of phone, it really comes down to the question how much you want to spend. With IP phones you get what you pay for, in most cases. For hardware, you will need a decent setup, especially if you plan to have conference calls, etc. One solution would be to have multiple, linked CE servers with lesser hardware (really good idea if all phones are not in the same building). It all really just depends, maybe you could post some more information about your network setup and stats?

But other then recommendations, glad you picked CE for your company! It's a great program and excellent in production environments! Cheers!

Dovey,

The Polycom and Aastra are *certified hardware* for trixbox. If you purchase support we will try our best to help you with your issue, but can't guarantee a resolution with un-certified hardware. For network info--it would be useful to know what kind of line(s) you have/plan on getting, T1/PRI/etc. Also, what kind of business is it? If you are setting this up for a call center you may want to consider buying higher-end phones because they will give you higher call quality and be more reliable. And for servers, since you are running the operation from multiple offices you will most likely want to have multiple linked trixbox servers, so how many users will be placing calls through each of the servers? Do you only have incoming traffic, or outgoing as well? And also--will you be needing conference call functionality enabled for your users?

Have you considered engaging a consultant with experience in design and deployment of large systems.

Support is just one consideration, you need design assistance for your interconnect and network and handset selection, just for starters.

Increased functionality, lower maintenance and large savings in run rate carrier costs are all possible with proper planning and execution.

Where are you located (you don't have to say exactly Country and City/State)?

I am looking at purchasing 6 of these:

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Randall;

Would you be able to provide some information on the provisiong process with the Aastra phones and the Trixbox CE platform?

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jtucker:

Is your trixbox also your dhcp server? You should probably know, but if you don't, try running this command:

service dhcpd status

If it is started then you know your trixbox is most likely your dhcp server. If it ISN'T your dhcp server, then you need to go into your phone settings (manually through the phone buttons) and point the server ip to your trixbox ip.

Here's an example. Let's say you have a network with a router which assigns IP addresses to all dynamic devices (phones, etc...), and then you have your trixbox server set with a static ip address of 192.168.0.15. You plug your new phone into the network, and it receives an ip of 192.168.0.20 from the router. What you should do is go into your phone settings under tftp, and set the server ip to 192.168.0.15 so that your phone will connect to the trixbox tftp server and download firmware and provision itself automatically!

What's nice about having trixbox as a DHCP server is that it'll allow you to automatically provision all phones without setting up the phone each time. :)