Posts by Topic: networking
Connecting a Cisco 8831 to Asterisk
Derry Hamilton - 03/11/2023
Cisco VOIP phones have the benefit that their advertised features usually work. At least minimally, once you've figured out the right incantation, and how to sidestep the broken bits. Which is more than can be said for most of their competition (stares hard at Avaya). The downside is that...
Microtik RB750gr3 vs. OpenWRT extroot
Derry Hamilton - 13/10/2023
The Microtik RB750gr3 is a very nice router for the money, and plays nicely with OpenWRT, too. However, it comes with very little flash, so it needs an extroot on a MicroSD card. Unfortunately, the stock OpenWRT 22 appears very picky about the card it will work with. ext4_check_descriptors:...