On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 10:37:38 GMT, Brian A
<no_spam_bca1000@hotmail.com> wrote:

>On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 06:57:04 GMT, Brian <rates11@nospam.com> wrote:
>
>>As some of you may know, with help I managed to setup my new Linksys
>>SPA3102 to use Voip.Co.UK, but discovered it only had one separate
>>phone line (I need to separate billing on voip accounts) and I thought
>>it might be handy for our situation (shared house) if we were able to
>>have different voip providers at the same time, now or in the future.
>>So I had decided to back the 3102 and replace it with a PAP2T which
>>has 2 ports. HOWEVER someone mentioned that it's possible to route all
>>my calls (not the sharers) through the 3102, for example
>>
>>1: 01 & 02 calls through voip.co.uk
>>2: mobiles & non geo through 18185
>>3: still use BT were necessary, such as 0844 etc all from the one
>>phone, a bit like the orchid dialer I am using at the moment on my BT
>>line?
>>
>>Via dial plans I presume. Is this also possible on a PAP2T?

>No. The PAP2 has 2 independent lines but the SPA-3102 has one line (in
>and out) + 4 gateways. That way you can have 5 outgoing accounts -

Gateway?what's that and how does one set those up, the manual makes no
mention of gateways.

>they do not need to be with different providers.

But they could be?

>The SPA-3102 is worth having even if you don't have a landline to plug
>in to it because of its versatility.
>An alternative, lest you wanted even more outgoing providers, would be
>to use voxalot. That route would also enable a PAP2 to work with
>multiple providers
>check out
>www.voxalot.com

Don't really want to get involved in complicated setup routines. I
just want one or two separate providers, and the ability to change
easily as prices change.

>>Dial plans: Seem awfully complicated, so as an example, how would one
>>go about setting one up on a 3102?

>Can I suggest that you do a Google groups on this one. You'll find
>plenty of postings for the SPA dial plans.
>
>Setting up ATAs does have a learning curve but by spending a little
>time understanding dial plans you'll be able to develop them to do
>what you want.
>For example. If you have a user who wants to use gateway 1 you could
>have them use a PIN to access. Something like
><#594,:>xx.<:@gw1>
>If the caller dials #594 they will get a second dial tone and then
>they can dial out.
>For practical reasons you'd modify that to make dialling numbers more
>easily. What I have shown is just a basic example of what is possible.
>