----- Original Message ----- From: "Rich Adamson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 11:04 AM Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Announced Call Transfer
> > > 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. I thought asterisk is bridging a call. I have seen it even on debug. 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 > _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
