[asterisk-users] Can one SIP extension be used for two phones?

[alunt2003 at googlemail.com]

On Sun, Jul 09, 2006 at 11:02:44AM -0400, Time Bandit wrote:
> >Picture this:
> >
> >Exten => 100 #My Phone
> >Exten => 200 #MythPhone
> >
> >Call comes in. Dialplan calls both extensions.
> >MythPhone is an add-on for MythTV,so when i receive a call,the CallerID
> >is flashed up on my TV.
> >I want to add another MythPhone to my other MythTV box upstairs.
> >
> >Do i have to make a third extension and get the dialplan to call all
> >three extensions or can the second MythPhone instance also log into
> >Asterisk using the same extension?
> 
> Each phone needs its extension
> 
> But, you can have the dialplan ring more than one phone and the first
> to pickup the call is the lucky one :)
> 
> like : Dial(SIP/100&SIP/200&SIP/300)
> 
> hth

Yeah, I have the dialplan goto voicemail if unanswered so mythphone
never actually picks up.
I use mythphone purely as a visual indication of who is calling.

Thanks for replying.

Alun.
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