asterisk users - Mar 2006 - Can One FXO Support Multiple Phone Lines?

I am currently having our new office wired up with 8 PSTN lines.  The guy
asked me if he could wire it up such that one line had two phone numbers.  I
bought a Sangoma A200 with 8 FXO ports, but now I'm wondering if all I
needed were 4 FXO ports.  Is it possible to set up Asterisk with 2 numbers
per FXO?

Thanks for any help,

Andrew
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In a word...No. 

One line per FXO port.

Next question?

Michael

--Original Message Text---
From: Andrew Berman
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 19:32:29 -0500

I am currently having our new office wired up with 8 PSTN lines.  The
guy asked me if he could wire it up such that one line had two phone
numbers.  I bought a Sangoma A200 with 8 FXO ports, but now I'm
wondering if all I needed were 4 FXO ports.  Is it possible to set up
Asterisk with 2 numbers per FXO? 

Thanks for any help,

Andrew


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Definitely one line per FXO port, but the wording of the original poster
was two numbers, not two lines, and while it may not be universally
true, "distinctive ring" should allow two (or more) phone numbers to
be
present on an FXO port, and asterisk should be able to tell which one is
calling.

If the original poster did mean lines and not numbers, maybe there was
some confusion about the difference between PSTN and ISDN.

James
> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-
> bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Michael Graves
> Sent: Tuesday, 14 March 2006 12:25
> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Can One FXO Support Multiple Phone
Lines?
> 
> In a word...No.
> 
> One line per FXO port.
> 
> Next question?
> 
> Michael
> 
> --Original Message Text---
> From: Andrew Berman
> Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 19:32:29 -0500
> 
> I am currently having our new office wired up with 8 PSTN lines. The
guy
> asked me if he could wire it up such that one line had two phone
numbers.
> I bought a Sangoma A200 with 8 FXO ports, but now I'm wondering if all
I
> needed were 4 FXO ports. Is it possible to set up Asterisk with 2
numbers
> per FXO?
> 
> Thanks for any help,
> 
> Andrew
> 
> 
> 
> --
> Michael Graves                           mgraves@pixelpower.com
> Sr. Product Specialist                          www.pixelpower.com
> Pixel Power Inc.                                 mgraves@mstvp.com
> 
> o713-861-4005
> o800-905-6412
> c713-201-1262
> fwd 54245