[asterisk-users] AA50 Failover

[Drew Gibson]

Brent Torrenga wrote:
>> Set the primary unit to pick up on, say, 2 rings and the secondary unit 
>> to pick up on 4.
>> If the primary fails, it won't pick up the line and the secondary takes 
>> over.
>>
>> You could try having your phones register to both but I'm not sure how 
>> that would work
>>
>> regards,
>>
>> Drew
>>     
>
> That's exactly how I have things setup.  Phones register to both servers.
> The backup server doesn't do much - only answers incoming calls if the ring
> goes on for too long.  Keep in mind that you may want to configure the
> backup server to not use the lines for placing outbound calls - maybe setup
> a SIP trunk for that.  Otherwise, when the primary server comes back up, the
> two will be talking over each other trying to use the same lines.
>
> --Brent
>   

That's where the fax/modem sharing box comes in, if one device port has 
the line, all other device ports are blocked. Downside is that this will 
also cause dead air on an outbound call or two until things settle down 
again.

regards,

Drew

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Drew Gibson

Systems Administrator
OANDA Corporation
www.oanda.com