[asterisk-users] Asterisk and ATA-186 question-- calling one port from the other port..

[Dmytro Mishchenko]

Tim Reimers wrote:
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> Hi -
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> I need to configure Asterisk (Trixbox 2.2) and my ATA-186 with both ports.
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> I need to be able to call one port from the other-- the idea is to have
> two phones in two different locations that _can_ call each other.
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> So, in reading the Asterisk Wiki and other sites, the best documentation
> I found was this:
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> *http://www.loligo.com/asterisk/Cisco/ATA-186-guide.v20030628.txt*
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> *"**Note that each line must have it's own distinct and complete
> configuration, and if you use both lines on the ATA-186, it will
> REGISTER twice.  Further note that you cannot call one line from the
> other on the same device using the "direct" extension numbers, so you
> will have to be clever about naming and aliases within Asterisk.  That
> is outside the scope of this document."
> *
> However, that _specifically_ says that in the provided config, you
> cannot call one port from the other port using "direct" lines--
> It does indicate that you CAN in fact work that out, using "naming and
> aliases" within Asterisk.
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> Therefore, I assume that it IS possible to use an ATA like this---
> but that the author of this particular doc either doesn't know how (but
> does know it can be done)
> or just didn't want to go into it in a low-level howto.
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> So ---
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> Does anyone know how to do this?


Check this page:
http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Cisco+ATA+186+SIP+and+Asterisk+-+HowTo

There is example for configuring two lines.

Dmitry.


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> thanks, Tim
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