[asterisk-users] Max number of SIP devices registered to anextension

[Eric "ManxPower" Wieling]

This is why we set the SIP user ID to be the MAC of the device.  It 
helps us remember that EXTENSION != DEVICE.

Joshua Colp wrote:
> Brandon Galbraith wrote:
>> I'm attempting to have multiple phones (geographically seperated) 
>> register to a single extension, so when the extension is dialed, any 
>> phone can pick up the call. Is this better handled by having each 
>> phone have a seperate extension, and handle the call routing in a dial 
>> plan?
>>
>> -brandon
>>
> 
> It might be wise to disassociate the term "extension" from a device... 
> because in Asterisk an extension is a set of instructions that execute a 
> set of applications. For your need you should probably have multiple 
> devices in sip.conf, and have the extension dial all of them.
> 
> ie:
> 
> Dial(SIP/145_1&SIP/145_2&SIP/145_3)
> 
> 3 phones would each be registered on the machine as 145_1, 145_2, and 
> 145_3.
> 
> The first one to pick up would get the call and all the rest would stop 
> ringing.
>