[cisco-voip] Upgrading firmware on 7961 remot(E)ly

[J. Oquendo]

> Everything is working fine however when i try to 
> update the firmware on the phones they are timeing 
> out.  If I sniff the port i can see all the TFTP 
> traffic come back to the phone and the phone 
> does an ack back to the server.  However the 
> phone never actually updates the firmware it 
> just sits at verifying load for about 30 minutes 
> then fails and goes to its old load. 

Why don't you just copy the files on a server with close proximity and TFTP it from that location. If you have a cluster down there, surely you must have some form of server you can designate to be your TFTP server. Windows? Try Solar Winds TFTP server. If it's a matter of timing out and you have access to the routers/switches/firewalls, surely you can try to do some creative networking to reduce your timing issues. If it were me, I would throw on a TFTP server somewhere in that vicinity for the purpose of that transfer, future transfers, then solely turn it on when necessary.

Heck you can turn any individuals machine into a temporary TFTP server for this purpose as opposed to opening up a TAC and waiting till the face turns blue.



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