[Asterisk-Users] Can One FXO Support Multiple Phone Lines?

[Rich Adamson]

Looks like the original question posed to the OP had to do with physical 
wiring, as in red/green equals line #1 and yellow-black equals line #2.


James Harper wrote:
> Definitely one line per FXO port, but the wording of the original poster
> was two numbers, not two lines, and while it may not be universally
> true, "distinctive ring" should allow two (or more) phone numbers to be
> present on an FXO port, and asterisk should be able to tell which one is
> calling.
> 
> If the original poster did mean lines and not numbers, maybe there was
> some confusion about the difference between PSTN and ISDN.
> 
> James
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-
>> bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Michael Graves
>> Sent: Tuesday, 14 March 2006 12:25
>> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
>> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Can One FXO Support Multiple Phone
> Lines?
>> In a word...No.
>>
>> One line per FXO port.
>>
>> Next question?
>>
>> Michael
>>
>> --Original Message Text---
>> From: Andrew Berman
>> Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 19:32:29 -0500
>>
>> I am currently having our new office wired up with 8 PSTN lines. The
> guy
>> asked me if he could wire it up such that one line had two phone
> numbers.
>> I bought a Sangoma A200 with 8 FXO ports, but now I'm wondering if all
> I
>> needed were 4 FXO ports. Is it possible to set up Asterisk with 2
> numbers
>> per FXO?
>>
>> Thanks for any help,
>>
>> Andrew