On Fri, 1 Aug 2008 09:20:07 -0500, Brent Torrenga wrote: >>Set the primary unit to pick up on, say, 2 rings and the secondary unit >>to pick up on 4. >>If the primary fails, it won't pick up the line and the secondary takes >>over. >> >>You could try having your phones register to both but I'm not sure how >>that would work >> >>regards, >> >>Drew > >That's exactly how I have things setup. Phones register to both servers. >The backup server doesn't do much - only answers incoming calls if the ring >goes on for too long. Keep in mind that you may want to configure the >backup server to not use the lines for placing outbound calls - maybe setup >a SIP trunk for that. Otherwise, when the primary server comes back up, the >two will be talking over each other trying to use the same lines.
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