-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Here's how I do it. I have the phones tagged to accountcodes and I use the channel counting features of asterisk to limit an accountcode to X number of simultaneous calls.
Darren Wiebe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bryan Mahin wrote: > Lol.. To an extent I agree. But I feel the best way is to find a way to > block the problem completely. :) > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Gibbs > Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 10:55 PM > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] How to restrict simultaneous phone > registrations > > I say just bill the user at extension 333 it's his responsibility to > keep the login info private. If he disputes it, refund the first time > then change the password to something really complicated then start > billing him if it keeps happening after that! > > Bill > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bryan > Mahin > Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 10:50 PM > To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com > Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] How to restrict simultaneous phone > registrations > > :) I should rephrase my question. And included a bit more information on > what I am trying to accomplish. > > Solution 1 (preferred) > > I am working on an asterisk installation where most end users will use > softphones. If I am not able to lock down calling to one phone at a > time, the end users will share their login information with friends, > family, neighbors, and the some girl they meet on myspace. > > Currently, I am able to register two phones at separate locations with > the same account on each phone and make concurrent calls. > > For example, If I login extension 333 at location A, and 333 at location > B, simultaneous calls can be placed from both phones at the exact same > time. I only want calls placed from extension 333 to work from either A > or B not A and B concurrently. > > Here is my ideal solution. Location A wants to make a call, but location > B has a call in progress. Location B has to either close their phone, or > hang up before Location A can make the call. > > > OR.. Solution 2. :) > A way I can distinguish in my CDR the IP address or some other > recognizable difference between the two locations when they make > concurrent calls using the same extension. The complication here is; I > can currently the log IP addresses, but as the end phones are on the > internet, Nat'd, and I am using a siparator for traversal. As a result, > my logs show the IP address of the siparator and I don't have any other > data to distinguish the end phones. > > OR.. Solution 2.5 > One thought I've had is to send logs from the siparator to a syslog > server, parse them, hunt for simultaneous calls placed by the same > accounts from different locations, and bill the end users accordingly. > But I really dislike this idea as no one likes to be hit with > surcharges. > > Any help or insight is greatly appreciated. > > Thanks again, > Bryan Mahin > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric > "ManxPower" Wieling > Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 7:50 PM > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] How to restrict simultaneous phone > registrations > > Bryan Mahin wrote: >> Hello all, >> >> I am looking for a way to restrict users from logging in two separate >> phones with the same authorization name/password at the same time. >> Meaning, I only want users to be able to place a call from one phone > in >> one location, but have the ability to move from computer to computer. >> Has anyone found any sort of solution for this type scenario? > > This is a non-issue, because a second registration to the same account > will override and previous registrations for that account. > _______________________________________________ - -- Darren Wiebe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aleph Communications ASTPP - Open Source Voip Billing & Calling Cards www.aleph-com.net/astpp -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFENJMw4DADnh+tnOQRAnA6AJ9WPEQKXAVidz7g6aXkIbeCqD2LfwCdF7yd f3ImomYaAAikmfoocM76Pdo= =9FdV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users