New Firmware for I2002, I2004 Phones

[ctaylor777]

I have installed a patch at several of our locations with 4.0 BCM's and the patch has installed new firmware on our I2002, I2004 phones. The firmware in question is 0604DAX. My question is does anyone have any suggestions to what the best settings might be for the new firmware? There is alot of new settings so I didn't know if the defaults were best or not. Thanks in advance.

 

[TLDuk]

unless you have a good reason to change the defaults leave them as they are..

 

[SupportDude]

When in doubt, choose NO.


-SD-

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[gm85]

I went through the list of settings on my phone (which is also 0604DAX) and compiled a list of what these settings mean. I ignored some of the manual entires (IP Address, S1 Address, etc), but hopefully this can help you know what these settings mean.

EAP Enable? (0-N,1-Y): EAP is a process that authenticates devices (your phone, computer, etc) to the physical network. Most smaller networks do not use EAP, so this can be set to N

LLDP Enable? (0-N,1-Y): LLDP is a protocol that lets the switch and phone commuicate their information to each other. This is usually used in trobuleshooting processes (and sometimes configuration deployment) and is not available on all switches. This can be set to N

DHCP? (0-N,1-Y): Do you want the phone to obtain it's own address though DHCP or do you manually want to enter the information?

DCHP:0-Full,1-Partial: If you are using DHCP, does DHCP contain the address of the BCM? If yes, you can choose Full, or if you would rather manually enter in the IP address of the BCM, you can choose partial. If the BCM is the DCHP server, you can choose full.

Speed[0-A,1-10,2-100]: At what speed should the phone communicate to the network? 10Mbps, 100Mbps, or let the Phone determine this automatically.

Cfg XAS?[0-N, 1-Y]: XAS (or External Application Server), is a product made by Nortel to allow custom applications to run on the phone (such as visual voice mail, a news reader, etc). This usually costs $1000's of dollars, so you probably don't have this and can set it to N

Voice 802.1Q[0-N,1-Y]: Does the VoIP traffic have its own VLAN, or does it all communicate on the same network? If it's on a separate VLAN (and you know what this is), you can choose Y, otherwise choose N.

PC Port [0-Off,1-ON]: Do you want to enable/disable the PC Switch Port on the back of the Phone

Speed[0-A,1-10,2-100]: At what speed should the phone communicate to device attached to the PC port? 10Mbps, 100Mbps, or let the Phone determine this automatically.

Data 802.1Q[0-N,1-Y]: Does the Data network comminucate on a Separate VLAN, or is it all on the same network? Once again, if you have a pretty simple network, choose N.

PCUntagAll?[0-N,1-Y]: (Only Related to VLANS), if you have a computer attached behind the phone, do you want to remove the VLAN data if it sends/receives tagged frames?

Cached IP? [0-N, 1-Y]: If the phone restarts and is unable to obtain an address though DHCP, do you want it to use the previous address it used, or do you want it to continue requesting until it receives a valid IP? (I have this set to N)

GARP Ignore? [0-N, 1-Y]: IP Phones are suseptable to a Man-In-The-Middle attack by posing as a BCM and alerting the phone that the address of the BCM has changed. This makes the phone ignore these requests. Set to Y

PSK SRTP?[0-N, 1-Y]: The IP Phones are capable of encrypting voice traffic between IP Phones. This, however, does not apply to calls between the BCM and the IP Phone, you can decide whether encryption is necessary or not (I have mine set to N).