[asterisk-users] How many lines do you use.

[jon pounder]

Travis Elsberry wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Do you know if it IS possible to use multiple lines/extensions on SIP 
> with a Cisco 7960 or other phone models?  My boss wanted to have 1 
> physical phone but have it register to a couple of different 
> extensions, then use different ringtones to identify which line was 
> ringing when a call came in.

The grandstream gxp2000's have 4 lines, and this is what I did - I have 
2 sip channels registered with the pbx, one for personal calls and one 
for business calls, so I can tell by which rings what type call it is, 
however what I did was use the 1st and 3rd channels since if I am on the 
"line" and another call comes in it rolls into the next  line on the 
phone that way the roll happens to lines 2 and 4 that are not bound to 
an extension. if the roll happened to a channel that was registering 
rather than an empty button it would be confusing on the type of call. 
what is even more confusing is the 4 lines also roll into the speed dial 
/ status buttons so if you have people on hold, it may look like you are 
getting a call from a speed dial link when its really an outside call.

4-6 lines sounds like a lot but I think in practice its more used for 
rollover than that many unique extensions on a phone.
>
> Thanks,
> Travis
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michiel van Baak" <michiel at vanbaak.info>
> To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 2:40:07 AM
> Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] How many lines do you use.
>
> On 10:18, Wed 25 Nov 09, Julian Lyndon-Smith wrote:
> > Just for some information really : How many of you use multiple sip 
> lines on
> > a phone ?.
> >
> > I'm sitting here looking at my 7960, with it's 6 lines. I've every 
> only used
> > one line, and I was wondering if I was a weirdo ;)
> >
> > The only time I've ever found a use was when I had two systems 
> (production
> > and test) and it caused so much grief (could have been asterisk or 
> cisco) I
> > simply use a softphone for testing now.
> >
> > Curious minds are wanting to know ...
>
> I use three lines on my cisco 7960 (not sip, but that's not really
> relevant here)
> 1 - Private home number
> 2 - Daytime job number I got from work and is redirected to my home
> asterisk box from the office pbx
> 3 - number for my private business.
>
> The other three buttons are speeddial.
>
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>
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