The new versions of http also support progressive download and resume. Isn't that sufficient in practice?
Ivelin
Ivelin
One advantage i can tell is: tftp send file per chunk (512k i think) then wait for a ack before sending again (so there is a real dialog at 'application level')- plus most of the advantages of ftp over httpregards,ibrahimOn Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 10:20 PM, Ivelin Ivanov <ivelin.atanasoff.ivanov@gmail.com> wrote:
Makes a lot of sense. The tftp RA will allow the JSLEE application to
act as a dynamic tftp server.
I wonder if it is more common scenario for the voip user boxes to
download firmware from an http server or an tftp server?
What are the advantages of tftp over http?
On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 5:13 PM, Ibrahima Gaye <ibrahima.gaye@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> A user case:
> lets assume company A is a VoIP minutes resellers and has N clients.
> 'A' will have to install/configure a voip box in the clients' premices and
> sometimes 'A' will need to update/upgrade(firmware) the voip boxes;
> the real case we had here is the number of clients was growing very fast so:
> - either configure the boxes then send it to the clients (in this case the
> client will not have the choice of buying voip boxes from other hardware
> suppliers) or
> - go visit each client and do the setup there (this solution will kill the
> business)
> Knowing that almost all voip boxes can load firmware or config files from a
> given tftp server, the best solution (for some voip providers) is to send
> the voip boxes to the clients and let the boxes upload the configs or
> firmware remotely (from an tftp server) once they have internet
> connectivity.
> That tftp server could be an an 'AS' for for mobicents.
> hoping to be correct,
> Regards,
> On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 9:22 PM, Ivelin Ivanov
> <ivelin.atanasoff.ivanov@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Tom, thank you for the contribution.
>> Ibrahim, can you please describe the use cases that you have in mind. A
>> blog post related to this contribution with reference to a practical example
>> would be nice.
>>
>> Ivelin
>> On Mar 31, 2011, at 4:22, Ibrahima Gaye <ibrahima.gaye@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Tom,
>> it will be very helpful for those working on VoIP termination;
>> regards,
>> Ibrahim
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 1:12 PM, Tom Uijldert <tom.uijldert@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> We currently deploy a TFTP server resource adaptor to intercept and
>>> handle
>>> TFTP requests within the SLEE.
>>> It is based on the Apache Commons Net code.
>>>
>>> It is used to provision several kinds of SIP-phones using either http or
>>> tftp.
>>>
>>> If there is any community interest, I'd be happy to contribute this
>>> resource
>>> adaptor to the Mobicents code base.
>>>
>>> So please let me know.
>>>
>>> Hope this helps,
>>> Tom Uijldert.
>>>
>>
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