[A*UG] PRI and line sharing

[Benjamin Hudgens]

Hey Jim --

I got the impression it was the same system serving both offices? Ie, one server managing one PRI, feeding both locations?

Quite possibly I missed something...?

Cheers,
Benjamin


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From: austin-asterisk-users-group-bounces at bybent.com 
To: Jim Freeze 
Cc: austin-asterisk-users-group at bybent.com 
Sent: Tue Jul 28 23:42:57 2009
Subject: Re: [A*UG] PRI and line sharing 


Jim,
In general, any resource can be shared between servers. However you need to consider the impact it will have on the bandwidth.

So if server A has the PRI, but server B has the phones, the calls go from the provider INTO Server A, then OUT of Server A (doubling the bandwidth usage at that site) then INTO Server B.

It's done for inbound calls much in the same way you do it for outbound calls. For inbound calls you simply dial the other server (so you'll need a sip/iax connection between the two servers)

With more modern systems, you don't normally have to worry about hunt groups and such. Unless of course you actually have analog hunt groups. If you do, the same applies, but you need some way to identify which inbound call is for which server. For analog lines, this is usually either done by an IVR prompting the user like "Push 1 for sales, push 2 for support" where sales could be local, but support may be Server B. Or you have to create separate hunt groups for each Server.

I'm not sure if that helps or confuses things. ;)
-Brett

On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 9:40 PM, Jim Freeze <asterisk at freeze.org> wrote:


	I am installing a channel 12 (11 digital phone lines) using a PRI and
	I have a few questions about hunt groups and line pooling.
	The system is serving two offices, each with their own DiD.
	
	I'm wondering if there is a way to pool the lines between the offices,
	so that both offices can use any available line. I know this can be
	done for outgoing calls, but the real question is can it be done for
	incoming calls. I assume that each DiD will need a hunt group, but
	defining a hunt group seems to exclude the possibility of pooling the
	lines for incoming calls.
	
	Does anyone know if this is possible?
	
	--
	Jim Freeze
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