----- Original Message ----- From: "Steven Critchfield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 5:28 PM Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Configurable auto forward in Asterisk
> On Thu, 2003-08-21 at 02:31, Dan wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Which is the usualk way to do auto forward in Asterisk? > > > > I need to be able to entert a number(code) from my phone indicating the new > > phone number when I will be available. > > Then when someone calls my old number, just the new one to ring. > > This assumes there is a usual problem here. > > There is a couple of ways you can tackle it. First is to realize that > the built in forwarding is channel based and not extension based. This > mostly makes sense as you can have multiple extensions ring a channel > and the channel is where your phone hooks up. It's limitation is that it > requires you to be at the phone when you leave and know where you want > it to be forwarded to. > > A second way of doing this is to use a couple of extensions connected to > variables that can determine of call forwarding is waranted and where to > forward it to. You can then use an extension to start forwarding to a > number either gathered out of the callerid or that you keyed in. You > will also need a extension that turned off the forwarding. You can also > do similar functions with DBPUT/DBGET, PSQL, and/or a AGI application. > > The second way of doing this is the way you have to do it if you don't > have a real channel associated with the extension. At the office we used > AGI then later PSQL to do the dynamic call forwarding of our "on call" > phone number. Both used a postgres table we could modify from a web page > to redirect the remote end. It has worked well for us for over a year > now. > > -- > Steven Critchfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi Steven, Thank you for your detailed explanation. I'll try to pass through all the possibilities. BR, Dan _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
