[Asterisk-Users] Authenticate or DISA?

[Jason Williams]

On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 18:32:55 -0700, Paul Fielding <paul.fielding at shaw.ca> wrote:
> 
> I want to authenticate to the phone system, then be able to call an
> extension or dial an outside line.   My preferred method would be to use
> DISA, because a) it's non-verbal - ie. it doesn't talk, just provides
> dialtone, and b) it provides dialtone.
>  

  
> My alternative seems to be to use Authenticate, and upon authenticating
> simply send the caller to the appropriate context to punch in extensions or
> calls.  The problem with this is a) it voices the authentication - ie
> "please enter password" which to me is inviting people to try to figure it
> out, and b) after authenticating you don't get a dialtone, just silence.
>  

After the Authenticte why not do a Playtones(Dial) this will give dialtone


Jason