The Aastra phones can currently be used in the following conditions:

1) if you allocate an external IP address to the phone then you have no need
for an outbound proxy and can use it with any service provider.

2) if you want to use the phone with an internal PBX such as Asterisk then
this is fine.

3) if you have DMZ enabled on your router then you can use the phone.

Outbound proxy support is only for situations where you are behind NAT and /
or have multiple devices behind the same router and have a private ip
addressing scheme.

I use Aastra phones over a VPN and they are fine.

V-Knowledge


"Stuart Millington" <news@dsv1.co.uk> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 05 Aug 2005 12:49:32 +0100, John Daragon <john@argv.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
> >Aastra are supposed to be pretty good, too, but I've never used one.
>
> Just seen them appear on the VoIPTalk website, but with the following
> disclaimer:
>
> "All Aastra IP Phones are currently for PBX use only.
> Outbound proxy capability due October 2005."
>
> The features look good for the price, but it may be wise to wait for
> the firmware upgrade before buying for general use ;-)
>
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