[asterisk-users] setup multiple phones for 1 extension

[Ryan Stille]

I'll start by saying I'm a trixbox user, and a new one at that, so 
hopefully you can respond to me on those terms.

I have a user who works from home 1 day a week.  On that day I'd like 
for him to be able to connect with a softphone and be reachable by just 
dialing his extension as we normally would.  I could set him up a new 
extension, then he could forward his phone there on those days.  But I'd 
like an easier, more transparent way to do it.

So I'd like that whenever his softphone is connected ("registered" is 
the term I believe), that dialing his extension would ring his desk 
phone and his softphone (at the same time).  If the softphone isn't 
connected, then of course just the desk phone would ring.  To do this, 
do I need to setup his extension to actually be a ring group, and give 
him two separate extensions, then put those in the ring group?  Is that 
the best way to do it?  Or could he just log on twice with the same 
extension/secret?

Thanks,
-Ryan