# Anyone have any insight into MiNet **URL:** \ **Category:** Asterisk Integration\ **Created:** [December 27, 2025, 10:50pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/anyone-have-any-insight-into-minet/111412 "2025-12-27T22:50:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![googleuser3212](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/asterisk/user_avatar/community.asterisk.org/googleuser3212/32/8957_2.png) [@googleuser3212](https://community.asterisk.org/u/googleuser3212)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2025, 10:50pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/anyone-have-any-insight-into-minet/111412/1 "2025-12-27T22:50:31Z")
Does anyone have some insight into how MiNet works, or maybe has a module to make MiNet work with asterisk? ---
**Author:** ![david551](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@david551](https://community.asterisk.org/u/david551)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2025, 11:58pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/anyone-have-any-insight-into-minet/111412/2 "2025-12-27T23:58:41Z")
> [@googleuser3212](#): > > MiNet 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. ---
**Author:** ![googleuser3212](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/asterisk/user_avatar/community.asterisk.org/googleuser3212/32/8957_2.png) [@googleuser3212](https://community.asterisk.org/u/googleuser3212)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2025, 11:59pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/anyone-have-any-insight-into-minet/111412/3 "2025-12-27T23:59:14Z")
MiNet is Mitel’s stimulus protocol for their IP phones. ---
**Author:** ![david551](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@david551](https://community.asterisk.org/u/david551)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2025, 12:14am UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/anyone-have-any-insight-into-minet/111412/4 "2025-12-28T00:14:04Z")
When asked about the protocol specification, Google’s AI says: _START AI GENERATED CONTENT_ _“The **Mitel MiNET protocol specification** is_ **_a proprietary, unpublished standard used for communication between Mitel IP phones and their MiVoice Business systems_** _.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._ “ END AI GENERATED CONTENT 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). ---
**Author:** ![david551](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@david551](https://community.asterisk.org/u/david551)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2025, 12:27am UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/anyone-have-any-insight-into-minet/111412/5 "2025-12-28T00:27:07Z")
It looks like you would need to use SIP and buy trunk licences from Mitel: [Licenses for SIP Networking](https://www.mitel.com/sites/default/files/s3_imports/Business%20Phone%20Systems/MiVoice%20MX-ONE/8.0/en/online-cpi-html/CPI_DITA_Maps/5_UR/051_to_100/67_1551-ANF90114/Topics/Licenses_for_SIP_networking.html#:~:text=There%20is%20one%20license%20for,Call%20offer%2C%20and%20Message%20waiting)). ---
**Author:** ![sheerbit](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/asterisk/user_avatar/community.asterisk.org/sheerbit/32/9083_2.png) [@sheerbit](https://community.asterisk.org/u/sheerbit)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2025, 5:11pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/anyone-have-any-insight-into-minet/111412/6 "2025-12-28T17:11:14Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![TedM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e8cbc/32.png) [@TedM](https://community.asterisk.org/u/TedM)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2025, 9:40pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/anyone-have-any-insight-into-minet/111412/7 "2025-12-29T21:40:04Z")
Easily. You buy Mitel’s proprietary MiNet-to-FXO POTS line gateway. You buy any industry standard FXO-to-SIP gateway. You make up a RJ11 phone cord about 5 inches long. You plug the 2 gateways into each other. You pat yourself on the back for defeating proprietary nonsense. As an encore you download a proprietary copyprotected movie on your streaming service, display it on your TV set, then mount your cell phone in front of the TV and make yourself a copy of the copy-protected movie. LOL ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/asterisk/original/2X/4/475d0c889911cfb84ac4881ad6df8b523e3f9105.png) [@system](https://community.asterisk.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 9:40pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/anyone-have-any-insight-into-minet/111412/8 "2026-01-28T21:40:54Z")
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