asterisk users - Apr 2004 - Asterisk call forwarding / remote dial-in/out?

I haven't found this in any docs or faqs yet, so I'm wondering if I can
achieve what I would like to do.

On an Asterisk PBX with multiple PSTN lines, I'd like to call in from
one PSTN line, probably via cellphone and access the PBX as if I were
local to it. From here I'd like to get a dial tone and call back out. I
know this isn't exactly call forwarding per se, but I'm wondering if
this can be done.

thanks

> On an Asterisk PBX with multiple PSTN lines, I'd like to call in from
> one PSTN line, probably via cellphone and access the PBX as if I were
> local to it. From here I'd like to get a dial tone and call back out. I
> know this isn't exactly call forwarding per se, but I'm wondering
if
> this can be done.
Yes.  Take a look at the DISA application.  It provides the
functionality that you are looking for.  You can set it up to be used
in your extensions.conf

Matthew Fredrickson
Digium

*CLI> show application DISA

Ed 

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Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk call forwarding / remote dial-in/out?

I haven't found this in any docs or faqs yet, so I'm wondering if I can
achieve what I would like to do.

On an Asterisk PBX with multiple PSTN lines, I'd like to call in from one
PSTN line, probably via cellphone and access the PBX as if I were local to
it. From here I'd like to get a dial tone and call back out. I know this
isn't exactly call forwarding per se, but I'm wondering if this can be
done.

thanks

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Yes you can, It's called DISA. Realize that using DISA has it's
potential
security concerns.

Angus Berry wrote:
>I haven't found this in any docs or faqs yet, so I'm wondering if I
can
>achieve what I would like to do.
>
>On an Asterisk PBX with multiple PSTN lines, I'd like to call in from
>one PSTN line, probably via cellphone and access the PBX as if I were
>local to it. From here I'd like to get a dial tone and call back out. I
>know this isn't exactly call forwarding per se, but I'm wondering if
>this can be done.
>
>thanks
>
>  
>
Simply drop your inbound call to a contaxt that has access to outbound 
lines.. You may want to put a pin onto it so you don't get everyone 
using it and running up your phone bills..

You could extend on this and have a callback as well, so the yser calls 
in, the system then calls them back and offers them a dialtone..

Really shouldn't be hard to do, just dig around the handbook and the 
other Asterisk info sires and you should be able to put it together..

Later