[Asterisk-Users] How to restrict simultaneous phone registrations

[Darren Wiebe]

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Here's how I do it.  I have the phones tagged to accountcodes and I use
the channel counting features of asterisk to limit an accountcode to X
number of simultaneous calls.

Darren Wiebe
darren at aleph-com.net


Bryan Mahin wrote:
> Lol.. To an extent I agree. But I feel the best way is to find a way to
> block the problem completely. :)
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Bill Gibbs
> Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 10:55 PM
> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] How to restrict simultaneous phone
> registrations
> 
> I say just bill the user at extension 333 it's his responsibility to
> keep the login info private.  If he disputes it, refund the first time
> then change the password to something really complicated then start
> billing him if it keeps happening after that!
> 
> Bill
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Bryan
> Mahin
> Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 10:50 PM
> To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] How to restrict simultaneous phone
> registrations
> 
> :) I should rephrase my question. And included a bit more information on
> what I am trying to accomplish.
> 
> Solution 1 (preferred)
> 
> I am working on an asterisk installation where most end users will use
> softphones. If I am not able to lock down calling to one phone at a
> time, the end users will share their login information with friends,
> family, neighbors, and the some girl they meet on myspace.
> 
> Currently, I am able to register two phones at separate locations with
> the same account on each phone and make concurrent calls.
> 
> For example, If I login extension 333 at location A, and 333 at location
> B, simultaneous calls can be placed from both phones at the exact same
> time. I only want calls placed from extension 333 to work from either A
> or B not A and B concurrently. 
> 
> Here is my ideal solution. Location A wants to make a call, but location
> B has a call in progress. Location B has to either close their phone, or
> hang up before Location A can make the call.
> 
> 
> OR.. Solution 2. :)
> A way I can distinguish in my CDR the IP address or some other
> recognizable difference between the two locations when they make
> concurrent calls using the same extension.  The complication here is; I
> can currently the log IP addresses, but as the end phones are on the
> internet, Nat'd, and I am using a siparator for traversal. As a result,
> my logs show the IP address of the siparator and I don't have any other
> data to distinguish the end phones. 
> 
> OR.. Solution 2.5
> One thought I've had is to send logs from the siparator to a syslog
> server, parse them, hunt for simultaneous calls placed by the same
> accounts from different locations, and bill the end users accordingly.
> But I really dislike this idea as no one likes to be hit with
> surcharges.
> 
> Any help or insight is greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thanks again,
> Bryan Mahin
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Eric
> "ManxPower" Wieling
> Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 7:50 PM
> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] How to restrict simultaneous phone
> registrations
> 
> Bryan Mahin wrote:
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I am looking for a way to restrict users from logging in two separate
>> phones with the same authorization name/password at the same time.
>> Meaning, I only want users to be able to place a call from one phone
> in
>> one location, but have the ability to move from computer to computer.
>> Has anyone found any sort of solution for this type scenario?
> 
> This is a non-issue, because a second registration to the same account 
> will override and previous registrations for that account.
> _______________________________________________

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Darren Wiebe
darren at aleph-com.net
Aleph Communications
ASTPP - Open Source Voip Billing & Calling Cards
www.aleph-com.net/astpp
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