Re: comments on WiFi VOIP phones?

 > i'm looking at WiFi VOIP phones and i would appreciate it if anyone
 > here can comment on them, specifically compatibility, radio
 > performance and power consumption. this would be for use with a
 > consumer VOIP provider like vonage or packet8 and consumer AP hardware
 > like linksys, d-link, netgear.

i have a trial going with net2phone, testing their wifi handset with the 
Sputnik AP160 access point. i think the handset works great, but i 
haven't stress tested it for the details that you mention above. it 
works with any open AP, but will fail with public-access-controlled 
ones, such as T-mobile or wayport. fortunately, although the AP160 
normally authenticates using a captive portal username/password (in a 
redirected browser page), the phone can't do that, so for now we use 
centralized MAC address authentication, for the handsets or other 
non-interactive devices. the captive portal is used to authenticate 
everyone else.

if you're in the bay area and want to do that type of stress testing, 
you're welcome to borrow it and gather those data to share with the rest 
of us. :)

kathy giori
sputnik, inc.
http://www.sputnik.com

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