[Asterisk-Users] Re: two UA with the same usr/pwd

[Adam M. Dobrin]

Rich Adamson wrote:

>Regardless of what has (or has not) been implemented in asterisk, there
>is a very valid business reason for wanting an extension number to ring
>on multiple phones and to determine the status of an extension from
>multiple phones. Business have needed (and implemented) that for years.
>Having such an implementation in asterisk would definitely be a major
>plus (regardless of what our definitions of a pbx and keysystem happen
>to be).
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I think you missed the point. 

It is possible & simple to do exactly what you want without using the 
same username and password.  Simply have the dialplan ring two different 
phones..

Mine for instance, dials my work line, a sip phone at my home, and my 
cell phone via zap simultaneously--you get much more control by having 
separate devices.

-a

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>>Many people seem to want this feature.  I think they are just 
>>confused.  I've never actually heard of a good reason to let multiple 
>>devices register with the same username/secret.  Most of the time they 
>>  want a call to ring on multiple devices and they are trying to make 
>>a device == extension, which is not correct.  A device is a device and 
>>an extension is an extension and they are not the same thing and there 
>>is no 1-to-1 mapping between them.
>>
>>Victor Alvarez wrote:
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>>> I really think this matter deserves attention. I have been asked many times about it.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>  Victor. 
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>>>Hello,
>>>>
>>>>I can understand why asterisk is designed to not to allow two UAs with the same usr/pwd, 
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>http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/2004-February/037284.html, but I have to find a 
>solution for this.
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>>>>My first option is use SER as an extension end of Asterisk, to allow more than one SIP 
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>endpoint to register with the same details http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+at+large. I 
>wonder if there is another way to do this. Of course, I am talking about a SIP proxy behaviour, 
>simultaneous registration, both phones ringing at the same time and first to answer gets the 
>call.
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>>>>Kind regards,
>>>>Victor.
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>>>>
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>>-- 
>>Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
>>Mark Twain
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