DogFace05
join:2005-12-09
Cary, NC
| reply to DracoFelis
Re: prevent user from locking ATA device
said by DracoFelis  :said by DogFace05 :said by DracoFelis :In general it's not possible for some provider to "lock" your own (unlocked from the factory) VoIP device just by "registering". Well, actually it very much is possible with Linksys ATAs, provided that provisioning is enabled. I think I already mentioned that. i.e.: If you foolishly let the provider "provision" the device for you, they can use their provisioning ability to "lock" your device. That's why I always turn off "provisioning", and never follow VoIP provider "setup advice" that suggests I put in any "provisioning" settings. It's not done through the normal provisioning mechanism. In fact, your profile rules can all be blank, yet the provider, and in many cases just about anyone else for that matter, can still essentially push any arbitrary profile to the device. However, even this mechanism is disabled when setting "Provisioning" to No. But that's all I'm going to say about it. |
