[Asterisk-Users] No rings before auto attendant

[Matt Loretitsch]

We have an in house pbx that rings through to asterisk with auto
attendant asking for a password.  It goes much too quickly to be
comfortable so I had to delay it 2 seconds before starting the auto
attendant.  Folks like to dial their speaker phone then lift the
handset.  During the phone base to ear time they were loosing the
password prompt!

I don't ring it though, just pause with silence.  It works out similar
to a PSTN call.
Answer()
Wait(2)
Authenticate(blah blah)

>You need to provide audible ring:

exten => 2368,1,Ringing
exten => 2368,2,Wait(11)
exten => 2368,3,Answer

and so on.  Of course, if you're on a T1, why would you want to
artificially delay the calling party's access to the auto-attendant?

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