Multiple multi-line phones and extensions... confused

General Help
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So I’ve got my FreePBX setup with softphones for now… if I decide to say, add a couple 4-line phones, does each line belong to a separate extension or do I assign, say, line 1 on both phones to the same extension? In other words, do I need 8 extensions in Asterisk or do I just 4?

thanks!!

2

What kind of 4 line phones?

3

let’s say Cisco 7960, so 6 lines then I guess

4

You should stop thinking of a PBX as a key system, my guess is you are trying to build one, look into hinting, BLF and SLA if your phone supports them.

5

but most of the time…line on an sip phone they mean extensions. Do you really need 4 extensions…depends…again…most people don’t need 4…just 1

6

your lines are just buttons. On my 7961…I have 1 extension, 2 BLF/Speeddial to another extensions, others are setup for parking lots.

7

so can one extension (in Asterisk) have multiple assignments? or should it be strictly one extension is assigned only once?

8

Basically No, some phones support SLA but you can make a hunt group to try to synthesize a key-system though.