[Asterisk-Users] RE: Newbee question (hot phone numbers)

[Eric Bart]

Just dropping a note about hot-desking

I believe hot-desking requires hot phone numbers. These hot phone # 
should not be connected to physical phones but rather to a database
entry from where the physical phone(s) is(are) retrieved.

Users should be able to modify (securely) their own database record.

I'm currently trying to understand Bluetooth and the Norwood Bluetooth
initiative. http://www.norwoodsystems.com

For now, it seems to me that hot phone # is simpler than Norwood.
With Bluetooth wireless headsets you only have a 10 meters wireless
range. So when you walk around in your office, you have to connect
dynamically to another wireless bluetooth hub. Thus you should/may
change you ip adress. If this change is made while on hook, an 
automatic database update may seems enough. But while off-hook ...


> > > in a large/ distributed environment users move about either office to 
> > > office or branch to branch can they log in and have their virtual 
> > > extension routed to the one they are on?
> > 
> > http://bugs.digium.com/bug_view_page.php?bug_id=0000102
> > 
> > .. currently its not somthing that is supported by Asterisk, you may be 
> > able to write you own application to support it if you need it..