Does anyone have some insight into how MiNet works, or maybe has a module to make MiNet work with asterisk?
That isn’t enough for Google to come up with a good candidate as to what this refers to. There is a school, with no telecoms association, and fibre internet provider, with no obvious indication of being special as such a provider.
MiNet is Mitel’s stimulus protocol for their IP phones.
When asked about the protocol specification, Google’s AI says:
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“The Mitel MiNET protocol specification is a proprietary, unpublished standard used for communication between Mitel IP phones and their MiVoice Business systems. Publicly accessible, detailed technical specifications are not available from Mitel, as it is considered confidential, proprietary information.
Mitel does not publicly release the complete, low-level technical specification for MiNET (Mitel IP Networking) protocol to the general public or third-party developers without a specific partnership or licensing agreement. “
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If correct, I don’t see how Asterisk could implement it. It would require reverse engineering the implementation, which may well be a breach of the terms of use (EU exemptions are less extensive than people think - they might allow an Asterisk user to interface to Mitel kit, but wouldn’t allow them to publish the resulting code, or the reverse engineered protocol, at least if it requires decompiling the Mitel code).
It looks like you would need to use SIP and buy trunk licences from Mitel:
There is no functional Asterisk module for MiNet because it is a closed, proprietary protocol where the server controls the phone’s display and audio directly.
To make Mitel hardware work with Asterisk, you must re-flash the phones with SIP firmware. This converts the device from a proprietary terminal into a standard SIP phone that Asterisk can register.