[cisco-voip] ATA firmware update

[Robert Singleton]

Greetings, All!

I have several ATA188s in the field that have never updated firmware, 
although most have. I have never been able to figure out why some 
updated and others did not and more importantly, why some will decide to 
update suddenly months later.

The older ones are running v3.1.0, which has ethernet ports fixed at 
100Mb. The updated ones are running v3.02.03, which has ethernet ports 
fixed at 10Mb. Normally, the port speed doesn't matter because they are 
generally connected to switches that auto detect speed. In one 
particular case today, however, I have four ATAs that are daisy chained 
together and it appears that the 2nd in the string has updated, so it 
and the 2 behind it cannot register. The first in the chain is still 
running the older firmware.

The question is, how can I force an ATA to update, preferably *without* 
having to have someone at the branch find a telephone to plug in and use 
the voice menus? I will be able to have someone move ethernet cabling 
around, so I can have them connect each ATA to the switch port 
individually, but how can I make it update on demand?

Thanks!

Robert

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Robert Singleton
817-259-0955 desk
817-538-2286 mobile