[Asterisk-Users] Configurable auto forward in Asterisk

[Dan]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steven Critchfield" <critch at basesys.com>
To: <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 5:28 PM
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Configurable auto forward in Asterisk


> On Thu, 2003-08-21 at 02:31, Dan wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Which is the usualk way to do auto forward in Asterisk?
> >
> > I need to be able to entert a number(code) from my phone indicating the
new
> > phone number when I will be available.
> > Then when someone calls my old number, just the new one to ring.
>
> This assumes there is a usual problem here.
>
> There is a couple of ways you can tackle it. First is to realize that
> the built in forwarding is channel based and not extension based. This
> mostly makes sense as you can have multiple extensions ring a channel
> and the channel is where your phone hooks up. It's limitation is that it
> requires you to be at the phone when you leave and know where you want
> it to be forwarded to.
>
> A second way of doing this is to use a couple of extensions connected to
> variables that can determine of call forwarding is waranted and where to
> forward it to. You can then use an extension to start forwarding to a
> number either gathered out of the callerid or that you keyed in. You
> will also need a extension that turned off the forwarding. You can also
> do similar functions with DBPUT/DBGET, PSQL, and/or a AGI application.
>
> The second way of doing this is the way you have to do it if you don't
> have a real channel associated with the extension. At the office we used
> AGI then later PSQL to do the dynamic call forwarding of our "on call"
> phone number. Both used a postgres table we could modify from a web page
> to redirect the remote end. It has worked well for us for over a year
> now.
>
> -- 
> Steven Critchfield <critch at basesys.com>


Hi Steven,

Thank you for your detailed explanation. I'll try to pass through all the
possibilities.

BR,
Dan