[asterisk-users] Multiple 'routes' to extension in different contextes. How to influence search oder?

[Brian Candler]

On Mon, Oct 16, 2006 at 02:08:05PM +0200, Benoit Panizzon wrote:
> [myself]
> ; National Destinations
> exten => _0z.,1,Dial(SIP/someisp/${EXTEN});
> exten => _0z.,n,Dial(Zap/g1/${EXTEN});
> 
> ; International Destinations
> exten => _00z.,1,Dial(SIP/someisp/${EXTEN});
> exten => _00z.,n,Dial(Zap/g1/${EXTEN});
> 
> include => freedestinations;
> 
> [freedestinations]
> ; Local Free Destionations
> exten => _0800.,1,Dial(Zap/g1/${EXTEN});
> 
> ; International Free Destionations
> exten => _0049.,1,Dial(SIP/FWD/*${EXTEN}:2);
> ------------------------------
> 
> Now I get into this situation. I would like to call a german Free Numer: 
> 0049800xxxxxxx
> 
> This is best matched in the context [freedestinations], and also the cheapest. 
> My Telco charges a fee to call free destionations abroad.
> But still: exten => _00z. is being matched.
> 
> Is there a way to solve this in a clever way? I have started just copying all 
> [freedestination] extensions into [myself] but every time I have to change 
> anything I have to change it everywhere.

Try moving the [myself] destinations into another context, say [pstn], then
do

[myself]
include => freedestinations
include => pstn

whilst your friends' contexts only include => freedestinations

Check the wiki:
http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/index.php?page=Asterisk+config+extensions.conf+sorting

Regards,

Brian.