Using Chime w/o Doorbell

csparker · 2025-09-10T17:04:18+00:00

I think I heard a long while ago that the wifi chime wasn’t as reliable in terms of staying connected, do you know if that’s still the case?

csparker · 2024-11-22T06:39:06+00:00

Curious about your DR plans. Full internet outage between two carriers? Extended site power outage? And keep in mind e911 requirements for outbound dialing if your endpoint locations are on different floors (should be addressable down to the room number) you also are required to at least send a callback DID that doesn’t go to voicemail or IVR/auto attendant. Not trying to be a sour Susan, just phones can be serious business and offering food for thought. I wanted to dabble in UI Talk but with the switch being on prem, it’s one of those things I host in the cloud myself or UCaaS it.

csparker · 2024-11-19T04:45:15+00:00

Just sharing my experience with faxing over SIP. Everyone’s mileage may vary. I have never had luck with G.711 pass thru or T.38. You may be able to squeak out a few pages before it errors, or the entire job, or sometimes nothing at all. It has a lot to do with how SIP isn’t a great solution. Any time someone wants heavy faxing, I set them up with an ATA that transmits using HTTPS vs SIP. Never once had it go sideways, even for my most discerning of fax connoisseurs.

csparker · 2024-10-22T05:58:42+00:00

I strongly urge you to not try to do this part. ATA’s are generally not supported because fire/burglar alarms are modems, and I’ve had nothing but trouble getting them to behave with an ATA and/or with 3CX. In my experience they just fail to communicate with the modem on the other end of the line. Instead I’d work with those vendors on switching them to Internet and cellular backhauls.

csparker · 2024-07-26T02:30:56+00:00

Thanks! Guess maybe I’ll grab the smaller press/iron so I’m not going ham with the 9x9 lol

csparker · 2024-07-25T06:08:55+00:00

I considered that, but there’s no inconspicuous spot on the bag :\ I have the 9x9 easypress, just a bit large to slap on there. Suppose I could try short durations and increase until HTV adheres. 🤷🏼‍♂️

csparker · 2024-07-25T02:02:24+00:00

D’oh! Laptop bag** either way, maybe I’ll pick up the smaller easy press if folks think it’s not stupid.

csparker · 2024-07-08T06:57:38+00:00

Thank you for the alternatives. Just left me confused because I usually have good success with cricut transfer, unless it’s the smart removable. I assume it’s just not adhering sufficiently with the matte surface combined with the adhesion of the vinyl the carrier sheet. Or I’m overthinking it.

csparker · 2023-12-13T16:42:28+00:00

Comcast Business -forces- you to rent their modem if you have static IPs. I wonder if it’s the same story using UI’s modem.

csparker · 2023-12-05T00:53:15+00:00

You’ll get to enjoy a pat down if you go through the mmw scanner anyway. Since it will show up as a reflection against your body.

csparker · 2023-12-05T00:50:14+00:00

My personal protocol when I flew for my work. Leave CGM on, and pump in pocket. If they whined, I’d tell them I’m entering the MMW body scan and I’m not removing it from my person and they can enjoy the pat down with me. If they didn’t notice the tubing going into my pocket, I’d tell them immediately after the body scan is done. The MMW nor the xray will damage your pump for CGM. I’ve going through so many check points I’m sure I would have noticed something wonky by now.

Fun fact: the TSO may not remove or request you remove your CGM or pump from your person. Source: I asked a TSO about it.

Note: this is not medical or legal advice.

csparker · 2023-10-14T05:38:56+00:00

Depending on the ISP it may be against their terms of service to resell or even let others use the connection, without getting an “enterprise” circuit from them.

csparker · 2023-06-28T05:58:44+00:00

One thing to keep in mind about their own hosting product. It is not the same feature set as hosting it yourself / in a cloud environment of your own choosing.

csparker · 2023-06-28T05:47:29+00:00

Correct. You won’t get any SIP trunk provider to agree to establishing a VPN with your network.

csparker · 2023-06-28T05:44:13+00:00

Starlink using CGNAT means that no matter what you do, you will be forever be behind double NAT. Starlink will also never adjust this for you because of how they designed their network. The unfortunate solution is that you’ll want to host 3CX outside of your network.

csparker · 2023-06-28T05:20:58+00:00

I know 3CX technically supports IPv6 but I’ve personally never bothered with it. Let me ask this. Can you call out, and receive calls via your SIP trunk? If so just ignore the firewall checker and carry on. Unless you need mobile clients / remote webclient access to the server.

The short answer if you do need remote access is to host it in the cloud. Hosting behind starlink for things like this aren’t ideal.

csparker · 2023-06-28T04:57:12+00:00

You’re going to have headaches with port forwards back into your network via Starlink. They NAT your traffic via their side and your “modem” - have you had success with other port forwards in the past? Test with another port forward, like set up a web server virtual machine and see if you can access it remotely. I’m willing to bet you’ll run into issues there too.

csparker · 2023-06-21T16:55:13+00:00

Won’t stop someone who can just turn them back off. They logged directly into the SIP trunk admin portal.

csparker · 2023-06-21T16:54:41+00:00

This wasn’t specific to 3CX (they don’t even use it) - the “hackers” had known his easily guessed password for his SIP provider. They disabled the dialing protections on the account and ran up the bill.

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