> > Michael T Farnworth wrote: > > > > >more expensive phone in reception but leave the other people on the cheap > > >Grandstream phones? > > > > > Yes, I have found the Snom200 does consultative transfers well.. > > > > >Couldn't this problem be solved with an asterisk upgrade? > > > > > No, Its an issue that is handled on the phone.. > > Perhaps I am confused, but I tend to believe that Asterisk sits in the > middle of all these calls. So when I press the # key for transfer it
In many cases, that's a bad assumption, but it depends on your config. Unless you've purposefully configured something different, asterisk is "not" in the middle. Once a call is established, the communications (packet flows) happen directly between the two sip phones and does not pass through asterisk. So the problem becomes an issue of the phone itself. What has the phone been programmed to do when "any" key has been pressed (regardless of whether its the # key or something else)? The discussion suggests the Grandstream phones have not been programmed to handle transfers. (I don't have one therefore I don't have a clue as to whether that happens to be the result of the vendor, or the person that has implemented the phone doesn't have the knowledge or documentation to do it.) If one purposefully configures asterisk to force all packet flows through asterisk (instead of allowing two phones to communicate directly), then you're burning asterisk cycles handling every single packet and that certainly has an impact on how many simultanous calls can be handled by the system. Your milage may vary. _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
