Basically I have the asterisk server hosted at an ISP which allows
phones to be connected anywhere in the USA. This gives me the ability to
call an extension from Chicago to New York for free (or anywhere in the
world for that matter). Having the server hosted does not restrict me to
bandwidth issues that I may encounter hosting it anywhere else. 

Like I said, I'm prepared to donate $$ to the monowall team for a tftp
NAT fix.

-----Original Message-----
From: A dot L dot M dot Buxey at lboro dot ac dot uk [mailto:A dot L dot M dot Buxey at lboro dot ac dot uk] 
Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 4:39 AM
To: Christian Oswald
Cc: m0n0wall at lists dot m0n0 dot ch
Subject: Re: [m0n0wall] FW: RE: tftp config

Hi,

> I guess I need my head examined :)  I have the following setup at a
few
> different locations:
> 
> Asterisk server
> With polycom &------------------->
> Monowall------->cisco/polycom/grandstream phones
> Cisco config files

why do you not put the server behind the firewall, with the required
port forwarding? or onto a DMZ with relevant pinholes for communication?

> The cisco and polycom phones basically pull the configuration files
from
> the asterisk server via tftp (why cisco and polycom have chosen to do
> this is beyond me, but anyway). I too would prefer to use monowall
over

almost all IP phones do this - it allows you to fix the numerous bugs
they 
still all have. nothing like a 2 minute bootup before you can place
a simple call! ;-)

Alan