[asterisk-users] Same number for each caller, but should reach different zap-channels, how?

[Steve Jones]

That's a problem that needs to be discussed with the provider of those POTS lines..

With POTS lines, each number has a unique number, but the telco builds a "hunt group" for you..
For example, maybe you own phone number 555-1000.  Your POTS lines may have 555-1000, 555-1001, etc, all the way to 555-1009  (total of your 10 lines)

The telco builds the hunt group so that when you get a call on a busy number in your range, it auto-forwards to the next number in the set..

If they don’t know what a hunt-group is, tell them you need "Call Forward when busy" feature, or "CFB" pointing to the next number in the list..

-Steve


-----Original Message-----

Easy questions for you guys probably,
 
I’d like to serve 10 parallell incoming calls at the same time, so I bought a lot of Zap-channel cards for analog phone lines.
 
But I want all users to be able to use the same phone number to dial in, but I want the number to be switched to an avaiable zap-channel.
Do I need some kind of switch for this?
It sounds reasonable, but I’m not sure. 
 
Am I clear enough? This must be a normal scenario for Asterisk. For example in conferencing.
Dial number xxxxxxx and many people will do this at the same time, and it works somehow 
 
Sincerely,
Johan
 
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