Thank you very much for your thoghtful and thorough response. I guess I don't wan't to set up * to behave like a key system, thank godness, I just want to be able to juggle calls which it sould like Asterisk can do fine.
Just to clarify though, can the polycom IP 500 / 600 work on analog lines? Thanks Again, Richard --- Walt Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 04, 2004 at 07:18:38AM -0800, Richard > Reina said: > > I am interested in implementing Asterisk and > someday > > hope to have it replace my 8 x 24 Nortel switch. > > However, I was told by a Telcom friend that my > multi > > line phones (Nortel 7208s) may not work with > Asterisk. > > This is a huge concern because in my business we > are > > constantly jumping back from one line to another > > (putting people on hold and grabbing another line > and > > going back and forth etc.) Is it possible with > > Asterisk to (or are there analog phones that allow > ) > > access multiple lines with the press of a button, > so > > that if someone says "Richard line 4 is for you", > I > > can easily put my caller on hold and grab line 4? > > > The Nortel 7208 is a proprietary digital phone that > only works with > nortel equipment, so no, you won't be able to use > those phones > specifically. However, there are other multi-line > phones such as the > polycom IP 500 / 600 or the Cisco IP phones that > will work just fine > with asterisk. > > I'm guessing, but it sounds like you have the line > buttons on your > phones mapped to actual phone company lines. This is > called a "key > system" type setup. Asterisk is a PBX. You "MAY" be > able to make it > function like a key system, but it would be a royal > pain. > > http://experts.about.com/q/2419/1801187.htm > > With phones that have multiple line appearances such > as the polycom or > cisco phones mentioned above, you can juggle > anywhere from 2 to 6 calls > for YOU specifically at once. So if you have 8 > people in your office and > use phones with 6 line appearances, you could > theoretically collectivly > juggle 48 calls (how insane would that be?? :-) > > Anyway, Asterisk has all the features and > capabilities of the "big boys" > - well beyond your current norstar system. Rather > than someone yelling > over that you have a call on line 6, they would just > transfer it to > your phone, or park the call and yell over that you > have a call parked > on extension 706 or whatever, which you can go grab, > or they send it to > voicemail. Flexability here is just about unlimited. > > Check out: > > http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-PBX+features > http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+PBX+functions > http://www.millenigence.com/articles/asterisk-non-technical-review.pdf > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
