How does extension work with Asterisk?
priyadarshan 18-August-2008 08:47:07 PM
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extensions.conf - This is your Dialplan
The configuration file "extensions.conf" contains the "dial plan" of Asterisk, the master plan of control or execution flow for all of its operations. It controls how incoming and outgoing calls are handled and routed. This is where you configure the behavior of all connections through your PBX.

The content of "extensions.conf" is organized in sections, which can be either for static settings and definitions, or for executable dialplan components in which case they are referred to as contexts. The settings sections are general and globals and the names of contexts are entirely defined by the system administrator. A special type of contexts are macros, label by a userdefined name prefixed with macro-. These are reusable execution patterns, like procedures in a programming language. Every section in extensions.conf starts with the name of the section contained within square brackets. This gives the extensions.conf file a similar structure to the traditional .ini file format of the Windows world.
And the ordering is :
1. The phone on your desk.
2. Your cellphone , if you don’t answer your desk phone in a preset number of seconds.
3. Your voice mail, if you don't answer your cellphone.
Posted by sagitraz


In the most traditional sense, extensions refer to the number you dial to call someone within your company.
Asterisk takes extensions to a whole new level. It views not only the physical phone on a desk or
Channel driver (SIP/ZAP, IAX) as an extension, but it also provides intelligence to the exten¬sion
Allowing it to play a message while sending the call to various places, in this order:


1. The phone on your desk.
2. Your cellphone , if you don’t answer your desk phone in a preset number of seconds.
3. Your voice mail, if you don't answer your cellphone.
Posted by suresh123


Posted: 19-August-2008 01:03:33 PM By: suresh123

In the most traditional sense, extensions refer to the number you dial to call someone within your company.
Asterisk takes extensions to a whole new level. It views not only the physical phone on a desk or
Channel driver (SIP/ZAP, IAX) as an extension, but it also provides intelligence to the exten¬sion
Allowing it to play a message while sending the call to various places, in this order:


1. The phone on your desk.
2. Your cellphone , if you don’t answer your desk phone in a preset number of seconds.
3. Your voice mail, if you don't answer your cellphone.

Posted: 27-August-2008 07:38:00 AM By: sagitraz

extensions.conf - This is your Dialplan
The configuration file "extensions.conf" contains the "dial plan" of Asterisk, the master plan of control or execution flow for all of its operations. It controls how incoming and outgoing calls are handled and routed. This is where you configure the behavior of all connections through your PBX.

The content of "extensions.conf" is organized in sections, which can be either for static settings and definitions, or for executable dialplan components in which case they are referred to as contexts. The settings sections are general and globals and the names of contexts are entirely defined by the system administrator. A special type of contexts are macros, label by a userdefined name prefixed with macro-. These are reusable execution patterns, like procedures in a programming language. Every section in extensions.conf starts with the name of the section contained within square brackets. This gives the extensions.conf file a similar structure to the traditional .ini file format of the Windows world.
And the ordering is :
1. The phone on your desk.
2. Your cellphone , if you don’t answer your desk phone in a preset number of seconds.
3. Your voice mail, if you don't answer your cellphone.