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magnusnewcastle · 02-01-2015

Hi all, I've read loads of posts about this but none that actually give me a solution. I'd really appreciate some expert advice! I have a cisco 7940 phone, I need to flash firmware to sip. The phone came with a strange firmware that renders all the ...

magnusnewcastle · 02-02-2015

**# doesn't work.. but the factory defaults does work. So it's been reset with the option to discard network settings. So I assumed it would have defaulted to finding the tftp server on the dhcp and searching for firmware flash.. but it doesn'tI'll...

magnusnewcastle · 02-02-2015

Basically I'm trying to flash it to SIP so I can use it in a standard network (not with cisco hardware). I don't have a cisco router. Is it theoretically possible to flash the phone with my setup? I agree the inability to debug is very frustrating...

magnusnewcastle · 02-02-2015

Hi,I'm not using a switch, I'm connecting the phone directly to my mac, using os x server's DHCP server (with option 150 added to the bootpd.plist) and running os x tftp server.The phone is getting an IP address and I can ping it. The tftp server do...

magnusnewcastle · 02-02-2015

I do have the dhcp option set in the bootpd.plist. This is what's written:<key>dhcp_option_150</key><data>LW4gLWUgwKgAAQo=</data> My tftp server shows no activity in the log, so not sure if the phone is actually getting that far. It's so annoying tha...

magnusnewcastle · 02-01-2015

I'm just getting the same error, 'TFTP Timeout' - whatever I do, even tried switching off the tftp server and i get the same error. So I'm wondering if the phone is actually connecting to the tftp server properly. It's getting an IP address correct...

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flashing 7940 phone

**# doesn't work.. but the

Basically I'm trying to flash

Hi,I'm not using a switch, I

I do have the dhcp option set

I'm just getting the same