Re: Cisco IP Phone 7960 broken?
 

Reload the ios this should fix your problem you have to find a way to point
it to a tftp server it should be in the menu somewhere. As you are having
issues with the menu system if you pull the unit there should be a dip
switch you can set so make it boot to tftp
"Bernie" <bernie1@epost.de> wrote in message
news:7c3ec114.0306241531.499db543@posting.google.c om...
> The network configuration menu ("Settings" key -> "3" key) of my Cisco
> 7960 is broken: only "1 DHCP", "2 BOOT Server NO" and "MAC Address"
> appears - nothing else. There is no way to change the IP address or
> anything else. The phone is rebooting again and again.
> **#** didn't help, nor did pressing "Factory"
>
> Can anyone help, please? Has the phone lost part of its firmware? If
> this is the case, how can it be reloaded again?
>
> Thanks
> Bernie

Re: Cisco IP Phone 7960 broken?
 

Tom:
thanks for your answer. IOS? dip switch? There don't seem to be any -
I disassembled the whole thing.

Since the network configuration menu is screwed up, there must be some
way to get the bootload, IOS or whatever into that high tech phone
again???

It's like a chicken and egg problem - the network parameters cannot be
changed since the bootload is broken, and the bootload cannot be
uploaded/refreshed since the network access is down :-(

Any ideas?

Thank you
Bernie


"tom" <tomwest@netwest.com> wrote in message news:<FCtKa.170444$eJ2.115331@fed1read07>...
> Reload the ios this should fix your problem you have to find a way to point
> it to a tftp server it should be in the menu somewhere. As you are having
> issues with the menu system if you pull the unit there should be a dip
> switch you can set so make it boot to tftp
> "Bernie" <bernie1@epost.de> wrote in message
> news:7c3ec114.0306241531.499db543@posting.google.c om...
> > The network configuration menu ("Settings" key -> "3" key) of my Cisco
> > 7960 is broken: only "1 DHCP", "2 BOOT Server NO" and "MAC Address"
> > appears - nothing else. There is no way to change the IP address or
> > anything else. The phone is rebooting again and again.
> > **#** didn't help, nor did pressing "Factory"
> >
> > Can anyone help, please? Has the phone lost part of its firmware? If
> > this is the case, how can it be reloaded again?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Bernie

Re: Cisco IP Phone 7960 broken?
 

You might be lucky, if only the display menu is broken, but you have
to check if the TCP/IP is up and running.
a) Does the phone get an ip address from the dhcp server ? or it has a
static IP ?
b) Can you ping the phone's IP address?
c) Did you set up a TFTP server, so you can see the requests issued by
the phone, when the phone is booting it will look for about 4 files on
the TFTP server.(which files are that?)
d) You will need a packet sniffer to analyze the phones behaviour on
the network ...

I never had any problem with the bootloader.If the boot loader works
and if the phone has an IP address most likely you will be able to
load a new firmware (POS).
Laci.

Re: Cisco IP Phone 7960 broken?
 

On Wed, 25 Jun 2003 20:18:15 -0700, "tom" <tomwest@netwest.com> wrote:

>Reload the ios this should fix your problem you have to find a way to point
>it to a tftp server it should be in the menu somewhere. As you are having
>issues with the menu system if you pull the unit there should be a dip
>switch you can set so make it boot to tftp

I think you are very mistaken as to what this conversation is about.
This isn't a router, but rather a VOIP Phone.

Re: Cisco IP Phone 7960 broken?
 

never_spamat@yahoo.com (Laci OROS) wrote in message news:<1414d622.0306300800.21eebab7@posting.google. com>...
> You might be lucky, if only the display menu is broken, but you have
> to check if the TCP/IP is up and running.
> a) Does the phone get an ip address from the dhcp server ? or it has a
> static IP ?
> b) Can you ping the phone's IP address?
> c) Did you set up a TFTP server, so you can see the requests issued by
> the phone, when the phone is booting it will look for about 4 files on
> the TFTP server.(which files are that?)
> d) You will need a packet sniffer to analyze the phones behaviour on
> the network ...
>
> I never had any problem with the bootloader.If the boot loader works
> and if the phone has an IP address most likely you will be able to
> load a new firmware (POS).
> Laci.

great advice! thanks, Laci

I installed the packet sniffer 'Ethereal' and it proved that the phone
still seems to be breathing. It sends out three times CDP/VDP (Cisco
Discovery Protocol), followed by an ARP request for IP address
192.162.100.100, getting the correct response (MAC address) from the
CallManager's PC. After that it tries four times a TFTP Read Request
for file OS79XX.TXT, followed by some more TFTP requests. What puzzles
me is the fact that there doesn't seem to be any requests for DHCP by
the phone (possibly because there was a static IP setting before it
died). So the sniffer reports 255.255.255.255 (same as the mask) for
all phone requests.

I put those files into the tftp root directory:
OS79XX.TXT (included one line: P00303010102)
P00303010102.bin
SEP003094C451C8.cnf
SEP003094C451C8.cnf.xml

It didn't work. Is there a chance to bring it back to life?
Thanks
Bernie

Re: Cisco IP Phone 7960 broken?
 

> I installed the packet sniffer 'Ethereal' and it proved that the phone
> still seems to be breathing. It sends out three times CDP/VDP (Cisco
> Discovery Protocol), followed by an ARP request for IP address
> 192.162.100.100, getting the correct response (MAC address) from the
> CallManager's PC. After that it tries four times a TFTP Read Request
> for file OS79XX.TXT, followed by some more TFTP requests. What puzzles
> me is the fact that there doesn't seem to be any requests for DHCP by
> the phone (possibly because there was a static IP setting before it
> died). So the sniffer reports 255.255.255.255 (same as the mask) for
> all phone requests.
>
> I put those files into the tftp root directory:
> OS79XX.TXT (included one line: P00303010102)
> P00303010102.bin
> SEP003094C451C8.cnf
> SEP003094C451C8.cnf.xml
>
> It didn't work. Is there a chance to bring it back to life?
> Thanks
> Bernie
My advice is to set up a pure TFTP server, you can download a good one
for Windoz from 3Com for free.Probably 192.162.100.100 is a good try
for the IP address of the machine with the TFTP server.
I don't have any experience with the Call Manager.
The IP phone is looking for a default config file and for a specific
config file.The phone specific config file should be
SIPmacaddress.cnf, and you can configure the phone using this file.
What concerns me is, why did you get request for SEPmacaddress.cnf
instead of SIP....
Have you seen failing the TFTP download in the TFTP server log or you
just assume the failure because nothing good is hapening ?

Take your time and read this:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/...1.html#1036324

Laci.