On Sat, 10 May 2008 12:40:33 +0200, TheFug <nosp@mplea.ze> wrote:

>Martin Johnson schreef:
>> Can anyone recommend an ATA with really good echo cancellation?
>>
>> My SPA-3000 has never crashed, but echo cancellation has always been a
>> bit poor (particularly at the remote caller's end), and dependent on
>> audio gain levels set in the poorly-documented, over-complex web GUI. A
>> while back I upgraded to the current V3 firmware, which hasn't really
>> helped. So I wondered whether a more modern ATA box would have better
>> echo cancellation.
>>
>> I only need 1*Ethernet port and 1xFXS port, as I have a London 8 PABX
>> that can be configured as 2+6. But an ATA with 1*Ethernet, 1*FXS, 1*FXO
>> would be more flexible, if slightly more complex.
>>
>> What do people reckon to the Cisco ATA 186? I'm used to configuring
>> Cisco routers and switches, and Cisco kit tends to be very reliable.
>> Seems to be around the UKP 112 mark.
>>
>> Also - any comments on the FRITZ!Box Fon ATA? Seems hard to find in the
>> UK (even from the websites listed on AVM's site as resellers). Has it
>> been discontinued?
>>
>> Thanks for any info!
>>
>> - Martin.
>
>The Germans use a annexB type of fritzbox, in holland there are several
>sites where you can order a Fritz!box 7170,(annexA) great thing, has
>much features, don't expect a pro GUI webinterface, it's meant for the
>layman, and is easy to set, and has some very advanced features,(USB
>port for storage, printer... and softswitch options) which are far more
>easier to set, then a cisco/linksys device.
You asked in your original post about the Fritzbox.
I have one and I also have an SPA-3000.
I would say that the Fritzbox performs well and is much easier to get
up and running, for the average person, than the SPA-3000.
However, for me, I would have the SPA-3000 every time.
My prime reason for saying this is the ability to customise the
dialling experience via the dial plan. In its effort to be simple the
Fritzbox loses out in this area. I have hardly used my Fritzbox 7140
but I am considering selling it just for this reason - so any offers
by email greatfully received.
Personally, I have experienced little trouble with echo on either my
SPA-3000 or the two SPA-3102 that I have set up for others.
It is important to get the line impedance set correctly - then I just
tweak the gain, as appropriate, and switch on the echo cancelling
options.

On a separate topic, not wishing to hijack the thread...
I remotely control one of the SPA-3102 so that I can sort out any
problems from home. I have found that it is impossible to get the web
'Voice' control interface to come up correctly on a Windows XP Pro
platform using Firefox, Opera or MSIE 7.
The problem I get is that all the tab contents displayed under each
other, in one long list, and then the egg timer just hangs as if
waiting for more data. I have tried emptying the RAM and disk cache to
no avail. I am aware that this web interface uses javascript so there
may be some problem there though I don't think that is the problem.
In Ubuntu Linux it will display OK most of the time but sometimes the
page needs to be loaded again for a correct display. So, I am tied to
booting up in Ubuntu if I want to access the SPA-3102 remotely.
Any ideas on this one?



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