asterisk users - May 2008 - Understanding Incoming sip DID handling

Hi,
What is the method (preferred) way Asterisk handles the incoming
sip lines? I am currently trying to setup two lines, one has
unlimited in/out channels and the other phone number has only two.

The provider has given a macro that manages dialing out on the two
possible servers.

Would I match on phone number to decide where to send it? Both lines
can originate from two different servers so matching by IP wouldn't
help as both share either/or server.

Thanks!
jlc

Joseph L. Casale wrote:
> Hi,
> What is the method (preferred) way Asterisk handles the incoming
> sip lines? I am currently trying to setup two lines, one has
> unlimited in/out channels and the other phone number has only two.
>
> The provider has given a macro that manages dialing out on the two
> possible servers.
>
> Would I match on phone number to decide where to send it? Both lines
> can originate from two different servers so matching by IP wouldn't
> help as both share either/or server.
>
> Thanks!
> jlc
>
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Yes, in your dialplan you should have one extension set up for the first 
number and where to send it, and a second for the other.

>Yes, in your dialplan you should have one extension set up for the first
>number and where to send it, and a second for the other.
So, if the sip.conf config sends the did into the [incoming] context
and its phone number is 555-1212, would this be the right way:

exten => 5551212,1,`Do Something`   ?

How do I elegantly write something to catch the area code, if the number dialed
was
1-xxx-555-1212? Or does the incoming number from my sip provider always show up
to me
as an 11 digit number:

exten => 19495551212,1,`Do Something` for example?

If that sip account turfed the call into a custom context, [incoming_1] and
nothing else
entered it (the other line went its own, [incoming_2], I suppose I could just
write:

exten => s,1,`Do Something` which eliminates this question?

Thanks for all the guidance!
jlc

On Mon, 19 May 2008, Joseph L. Casale wrote:
> How do I elegantly write something to catch the area code, if the number
dialed was
> 1-xxx-555-1212? Or does the incoming number from my sip provider always
show up to me
> as an 11 digit number:
>
> exten => 19495551212,1,`Do Something` for example?
I always get 10 digits from my providers. You can define an exact or (as 
below) a matching pattern.
> If that sip account turfed the call into a custom context, [incoming_1] and
nothing else
> entered it (the other line went its own, [incoming_2], I suppose I could
just write:
>
> exten => s,1,`Do Something` which eliminates this question?
 	exten = _x.,1,			playback(demo-congrats)
 	exten = _x.,n,			hangup

Thanks in advance,
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