Every morning, between about 07:15 and 07:40, Voipfone stops responding
to registration requests from my Sipura 2100 ATA. I have conducted
continuous traces of registration and network activity, and the failure
is consistently repeating at around these times every day. There is no
problem at any other time.

I know that at least one other person is experiencing the same problem,
but Voipfone insists it is not on their end.

Is anyone else here experiencing the same problem? If you use Voipfone,
try picking up the phone from time to time between about 07:15 and
07:40. Is the line dead?

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Ian

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On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 08:25:36 GMT, news <news@care4free.net> wrote:

>Every morning, between about 07:15 and 07:40, Voipfone stops responding
>to registration requests from my Sipura 2100 ATA. I have conducted
>continuous traces of registration and network activity, and the failure
>is consistently repeating at around these times every day. There is no
>problem at any other time.
>
>I know that at least one other person is experiencing the same problem,
>but Voipfone insists it is not on their end.
>
>Is anyone else here experiencing the same problem? If you use Voipfone,
>try picking up the phone from time to time between about 07:15 and
>07:40. Is the line dead?

I will check it out and report back.

Meanwhile there is new 2100 firmware on the Sipura web site - but
you'll need a TFTP server as they put the wrong loader program in the
upgrade package.

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Mark wrote:
> Meanwhile there is new 2100 firmware on the Sipura web site - but
> you'll need a TFTP server as they put the wrong loader program in the
> upgrade package.

Another way is just to put the firmware image file on a webserver. Then
paste the URL into the upgrade_rule box on the provisioning tab.

Tim

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In message <3ophs1pm2qm8fm2tephdp6pk6hsbesm1iq@4ax.com>, Mark
<markincambs@yahoo.co.uk> writes
>
>Meanwhile there is new 2100 firmware on the Sipura web site - but
>you'll need a TFTP server as they put the wrong loader program in the
>upgrade package.

Mark, I'm not sure I understand that. (I do understand what TFTP is).

Are you saying that the TFTP client in the ATA cannot talk to the TFTP
server at Sipura for some reason? What exactly is broken? Can you please
explain.

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Ian

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news wrote:
> In message <3ophs1pm2qm8fm2tephdp6pk6hsbesm1iq@4ax.com>, Mark
> <markincambs@yahoo.co.uk> writes
> 
>
>
> Mark, I'm not sure I understand that. (I do understand what TFTP is).
>
> Are you saying that the TFTP client in the ATA cannot talk to the TFTP
> server at Sipura for some reason? What exactly is broken? Can you please
> explain.
>

The Sipura firmware you download from the site comes with a small app to
load the firmware to the adaptor/phone.  I guess he's saying the app
supplied with the current 2100 firmware is broken, which it might be
I've not tried it.  You can use a TFTP or a HTTP server to upload the
file too, put the link to the file in the upgrade rule in the
provisioning tab of the Sipura.

Paul.

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On Mon, 16 Jan 2006 15:14:36 +0000, Paul Hayes <paul@nomail.org>
wrote:

>news wrote: 
>
>The Sipura firmware you download from the site comes with a small app to
>load the firmware to the adaptor/phone.  I guess he's saying the app
>supplied with the current 2100 firmware is broken, which it might be
>I've not tried it.  You can use a TFTP or a HTTP server to upload the
>file too, put the link to the file in the upgrade rule in the
>provisioning tab of the Sipura.

Correct.  It's completely the wrong app in the zipfile.

To their credit, Sipura's online support was absolutely excellent and
responded really quickly to my query.  They pointed me to a suitable
free TFTP server (from solarwinds.net)  and the .bin file flashed with
no problem.

One aspect of the new firmware is that the unit is now branded Linksys
on its admin web page....

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Mark

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On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 08:25:36 GMT, news <news@care4free.net> wrote:

>Every morning, between about 07:15 and 07:40, Voipfone stops responding
>to registration requests from my Sipura 2100 ATA. I have conducted
>continuous traces of registration and network activity, and the failure
>is consistently repeating at around these times every day. There is no
>problem at any other time.
>
>I know that at least one other person is experiencing the same problem,
>but Voipfone insists it is not on their end.
>
>Is anyone else here experiencing the same problem? If you use Voipfone,
>try picking up the phone from time to time between about 07:15 and
>07:40. Is the line dead?

Monday: No, line not dead, dialtone available and ATA working fine.

Today (Tuesday):  Yes, no dialtone.  I then enabled full logging to a
syslog server  and that kicked the ATA into life once more.

Hmmm.

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In message <itcps19p4ck7ld4sv77u8b261jl7ov7luf@4ax.com>, Mark
<markincambs@yahoo.co.uk> writes
>
>Monday: No, line not dead, dialtone available and ATA working fine.
>
>Today (Tuesday):  Yes, no dialtone.

I was not around at 0700 onwards yesterday or today to check.


>  I then enabled full logging to a
>syslog server  and that kicked the ATA into life once more.

I have found that after the ATA has tried unsuccessfully to register for
about 15 minutes, it then goes to sleep for 20 minutes before attempting
to register again (usually successfully). If you had left your ATA alone
for about 20 minutes I suspect it would then have sprung back into life
of its own accord.
>
>Hmmm.

Indeed!

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Ian

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In message <rlcps1dm4ososrjcs2vorpkl3effcan576@4ax.com>, Mark
<markincambs@yahoo.co.uk> writes
>On Mon, 16 Jan 2006 15:14:36 +0000, Paul Hayes <paul@nomail.org>
>wrote: 
>
>Correct.  It's completely the wrong app in the zipfile.

Now I am really confused. I looked at the Sipura site yesterday for the
latest 2100 firmware zip (spa2100-3.2.5d), and saw that it only
contained a .bin file. No sign of any loader program.

Also, why do they bother to zip the file? The zipped file is only a few
bytes shorter than the unzipped version. Instead, they could just post
the .bin file, which would then be directly downloadable to the ATA. Or
have I missed the point?

>
>To their credit, Sipura's online support was absolutely excellent and
>responded really quickly to my query.  They pointed me to a suitable
>free TFTP server (from solarwinds.net)  and the .bin file flashed with
>no problem.

So I guess I have to install the TFTP server on my WinXP PC, then tell
the ATA to talk to the server, giving the location on my PC of the
Sipura .bin file which I have already downloaded?

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Ian

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news wrote:
> In message <rlcps1dm4ososrjcs2vorpkl3effcan576@4ax.com>, Mark
> <markincambs@yahoo.co.uk> writes
> 
>
>
> Now I am really confused. I looked at the Sipura site yesterday for the
> latest 2100 firmware zip (spa2100-3.2.5d), and saw that it only
> contained a .bin file. No sign of any loader program.
>
> Also, why do they bother to zip the file? The zipped file is only a few
> bytes shorter than the unzipped version. Instead, they could just post
> the .bin file, which would then be directly downloadable to the ATA. Or
> have I missed the point?
> 
>
>
> So I guess I have to install the TFTP server on my WinXP PC, then tell
> the ATA to talk to the server, giving the location on my PC of the
> Sipura .bin file which I have already downloaded?
>

Perhaps they've just completely removed the broken loader program from
the 2100 firmware download then?  Normally you'll find a few files in
that zip file.  Yes you can install a TFTP server, any should do I seem
to remember you have to fill in a load of forms to download the
Solarwinds one but I could be getting it mixed up with something else.
You can also use a webserver in the same way if that's easier or you
already have one.

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