asterisk users - Jul 2007 - Asterisk and ATA-186 question-- calling one port from the other port..

Hi - 
 
I need to configure Asterisk (Trixbox 2.2) and my ATA-186 with both
ports.
 
I need to be able to call one port from the other-- the idea is to have
two phones in two different locations that _can_ call each other.
 
So, in reading the Asterisk Wiki and other sites, the best documentation
I found was this:
 
 
 
 
http://www.loligo.com/asterisk/Cisco/ATA-186-guide.v20030628.txt
<http://www.loligo.com/asterisk/Cisco/ATA-186-guide.v20030628.txt> 
 
"Note that each line must have it's own distinct and complete
configuration, and if you use both lines on the ATA-186, it will
REGISTER twice.  Further note that you cannot call one line from the
other on the same device using the "direct" extension numbers, so you
will have to be clever about naming and aliases within Asterisk.  That
is outside the scope of this document."

However, that _specifically_ says that in the provided config, you
cannot call one port from the other port using "direct" lines--
It does indicate that you CAN in fact work that out, using "naming and
aliases" within Asterisk.
 
Therefore, I assume that it IS possible to use an ATA like this---
but that the author of this particular doc either doesn't know how (but
does know it can be done)
or just didn't want to go into it in a low-level howto.
 
So ---
 
Does anyone know how to do this?
 
thanks, Tim
 
  

Most days, there are several fires burning at once. Some days, what's
burning is your fire extinguisher.
To err is human; to truly screw it up requires the root password.

 

 
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Tim Reimers wrote:
>  
>  
> Hi -
>  
> I need to configure Asterisk (Trixbox 2.2) and my ATA-186 with both ports.
>  
> I need to be able to call one port from the other-- the idea is to have
> two phones in two different locations that _can_ call each other.
>  
> So, in reading the Asterisk Wiki and other sites, the best documentation
> I found was this:
>  
>  
>  
>  
> *http://www.loligo.com/asterisk/Cisco/ATA-186-guide.v20030628.txt*
> ** 
> *"**Note that each line must have it's own distinct and complete
> configuration, and if you use both lines on the ATA-186, it will
> REGISTER twice.  Further note that you cannot call one line from the
> other on the same device using the "direct" extension numbers, so
you
> will have to be clever about naming and aliases within Asterisk.  That
> is outside the scope of this document."
> *
> However, that _specifically_ says that in the provided config, you
> cannot call one port from the other port using "direct" lines--
> It does indicate that you CAN in fact work that out, using "naming and
> aliases" within Asterisk.
>  
> Therefore, I assume that it IS possible to use an ATA like this---
> but that the author of this particular doc either doesn't know how (but
> does know it can be done)
> or just didn't want to go into it in a low-level howto.
>  
> So ---
>  
> Does anyone know how to do this?

Check this page:
http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Cisco+ATA+186+SIP+and+Asterisk+-+HowTo

There is example for configuring two lines.

Dmitry.

>  
> thanks, Tim
>  
>  
> 
> Most days, there are several fires burning at once. Some days, what's
> burning is your fire extinguisher.
> To err is human; to truly screw it up requires the root password.
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> 
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