Innovaphone IP200
I recently tested the IP200 from Innovaphone connected to my Asterisk VM at home and it works quite well. It's not restricted to Innovaphone PBXs, even though some special features are only available to IP200s connected to a PBX from the same manufacturer.
Just reset your device, use the admin:ip200 login to the web interface and connect it to your Asterisk. In my FreePBX installation the related extension 42 uses the following SIP parameters (password XXX and LAN's IP range x.x.x.0/24):
deny=0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0
secret=XXX
dtmfmode=rfc2833
canreinvite=no
context=from-internal
host=dynamic
type=friend
nat=yes
port=5060
qualify=yes
callgroup=
pickupgroup=
dial=SIP/42
mailbox=42@default
permit=x.x.x.0/24
callerid=device <42>
callcounter=yes
faxdetect=no
I have now 3 IP200 devices, but I think, I will just keep one. Anyone interested in IP200 phones for a reasonable price? Pictures, details, manuals and other stuff is available at Innovaphone's homepage.
Asterisk at Home
My sipgate basic account is now serving successfully as SIP trunk for my private Asterisk/FreePBX running in a KVM-virtualized environment.
I used the AsteriskNOW distribution and selected FreePBX. Later I used yum to update the system including Asterisk and the FreePBX update features in the frontend, ending up with a quite up-to-date setup.
The Asterisk-related help at sipgate is not that details, but it was sufficient to get a working setup. Especially the remark about the change in type for Asterisk 1.6 was crucial and helpful.
Now it's time to look for low power hardware for Asterisk and I am not talking about pre-installed distributions, I want to be free to install a customized Asterisk/FreePBX on my own.