<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000'>I agree. If you are only using them for phones, go for SCCP. Even for modems and faxes, you can use modem/fax passthrough and things work well.<br><br>Check the list archives for information about how MGCP is a better option for alarm systems that convey contact information.<br><br>P.S. if you are deploying a few, consider the four-pack. it's cheaper<br><br>---<br>Lelio Fulgenzi, B.A.<br>Senior Analyst (CCS) * University of Guelph * Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1<br>(519) 824-4120 x56354 (519) 767-1060 FAX (JNHN)<br>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^<br>"Bad grammar makes me [sic]" - Tshirt<br><br><br>----- Original Message -----<br>From: "Paul" <asobihoudai@yahoo.com><br>To: "Rob Leetun" <rleetun@bouldercounty.org>, cisco-voip@puck.nether.net<br>Sent: Wednesday, January 6, 2010 7:45:54 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern<br>Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] Configuring first VG224: MGCP vs. SCCP configurations<br><br>SCCP is superior as a control protocol for VG224s as it not only makes configuration of the ports extremely easy, it also enables a lot more features that are otherwise unavailable if MGCP is used as a control protocol.<br><br>SCCP essentially makes the 24 FXS ports into phones you can configure just like any other IP phone within CCM.<br><br><br><br><br>________________________________<br>From: "Leetun, Rob" <rleetun@bouldercounty.org><br>To: cisco-voip@puck.nether.net<br>Sent: Wed, January 6, 2010 3:42:45 PM<br>Subject: [cisco-voip] Configuring first VG224: MGCP vs. SCCP configurations<br><br><br>Currently we have many old VG248 dinosaurs in our shop. So<br>we started the configuration of our first VG224. The question has been raised<br>as to use either MGCP or SCCP. Which one is the best and why?<br> <br>Thanks.<br> <br>Rob<br><br><br> <br>_______________________________________________<br>cisco-voip mailing list<br>cisco-voip@puck.nether.net<br>https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-voip<br></div></body></html>