Up until this point, we have discussed various call targets and what will happen to calls when they reach those targets.
In this chapter, we will discuss the following:
Inbound routing
Follow Me and the VmX Locater
Outbound routing
Least Cost Routing (the ability to pick the cheapest route for a call, based on the dialed destination)
Inbound routing is one of the key pieces to a functional Asterisk phone system. Inbound routes in FreePBX are where we finally get to put the call targets discussed in Chapters 5 and 6 to use. FreePBX allows two specific types of inbound routing:
DID-based routing: DID-based routing routes calls based on the trunk on which the call is coming in. CID-based routing routes calls based on the caller ID number of the person who is calling. Within those two routing methods, FreePBX allows the detection of inbound faxes. DID (Direct Inward Dialing), in VoIP telephony, refers to a trunk and the telephone number associated with that...