Actually it isn’t anymore. I am sure that somewhere hidden deep inside the tubes one may find the solution (not me), I didn’t feel like wasting that much time – instead I just called Grandstream.
A Brick (I probably do not have permission to use this)
If you are suffering the loss of a beloved GXP as well, do not fret – geekhut has the fix!
What you need :
- A router that is not currently serving you data (I used m0n0wall on an old p3) <= we will discuss that later.
- Firmware
- Sailor hat, for absolutely no reason
Procedure
- Plug your router in as you normally would, internet access is not needed at this time.
- Plug your phone into any one of the LAN ports
- Configure your router’s IP to : 168.75.215.1, Subnet : 255.255.255.0
- Plug a computer into the LAN port of the Phone (it didn’t seem to work for some reason when I plugged it into the switch…)
- Install a TFTP server on that computer, Windows sure has a lot of shitty ones – instead I temporarily loaded my tftp.plist (I think i used -f) on my Mac.
- Unzip the Firmware you downloaded earlier into your tftpboot directory, Leopard is funky and puts it under /private/tftpboot.
- Statically set your Computer (the one plugged in behind the phone with TFTPD) to IP : 168.75.215.188 (same subnet as above.)
- Cross your fingers, power cycle your phone – read the screen carefully.
* Things are strong because they matter.
I hope you now have a working phone again, you can send your love in comments.
