Good morning,
this topic might be a bit too specialized for a house building forum, but there are quite a few experts here. As some of you might know from other threads, I have been working on setting up my network for a while. Now I have come across a somewhat tricky question:
I mostly work from my home office and currently use an IP phone provided by my employer, which is connected to their phone system. In the new house, I don’t want to have two phones on my desk (private and work), but just one that can handle calls on both (or multiple) numbers. The question is how to achieve this. From what I understand, the phone on my desk would need to be registered with two phone systems: my employer’s and my own. But is this even possible?
Additional information: I haven’t decided yet what I will use for my private phone system. Probably just a FritzBox, but I am also open to self-hosted or cloud-hosted phone systems (3CX?). Softphone solutions are only an option; I want to be able to pick up a handset and make calls even when the PC is off. I haven’t chosen a phone yet and am completely open to suggestions, as I suspect this will be the only factor I can influence.
this topic might be a bit too specialized for a house building forum, but there are quite a few experts here. As some of you might know from other threads, I have been working on setting up my network for a while. Now I have come across a somewhat tricky question:
I mostly work from my home office and currently use an IP phone provided by my employer, which is connected to their phone system. In the new house, I don’t want to have two phones on my desk (private and work), but just one that can handle calls on both (or multiple) numbers. The question is how to achieve this. From what I understand, the phone on my desk would need to be registered with two phone systems: my employer’s and my own. But is this even possible?
Additional information: I haven’t decided yet what I will use for my private phone system. Probably just a FritzBox, but I am also open to self-hosted or cloud-hosted phone systems (3CX?). Softphone solutions are only an option; I want to be able to pick up a handset and make calls even when the PC is off. I haven’t chosen a phone yet and am completely open to suggestions, as I suspect this will be the only factor I can influence.
squier23 schrieb:
But the question still remains how I can have only one landline phone in my home office and use it with two telephone systems (that is, my employer’s system and my FritzBox). I understand that I need a phone that supports this. Multiple accounts on one phone are really common; just search for IP phones, pick one that fits your budget, and check the technical specifications.
squier23 schrieb:
I would still need to clarify with my employer whether I can/should connect my private phone to their system, right? What information would I need for that? These would not be just the SIP details, but some kind of login credentials to their telephone system, like through CTI? Look up how to set up internet numbers in a FRITZ!Box; it’s explained there. Just ask your employer—there should definitely be access data. They just have to provide it.
hanse987 schrieb:
Don’t you have a softphone on the company computer?Yes, we do, but I want to have a physical device in my hand and especially be able to make calls even when the computer is turned off.Araknis schrieb:
Then there are also access credentials... what software is that?Currently estos / ProCall, but they probably want to switch to something else. However, I never entered the access credentials myself; the computer comes preconfigured and without any admin rights. For the phone, though, they were clever enough not to change the default password for the admin web interface, so maybe I can find something there.B
Benutzer 10014 Aug 2022 22:16If the employer does not provide any data, maybe try using call forwarding.
Otherwise, I have solved everything through the Fritzbox.
With o2, I booked 3 phone numbers, and with sipgate, I added an extra one because calling to country zone 2 was cheaper.
Otherwise, I have solved everything through the Fritzbox.
With o2, I booked 3 phone numbers, and with sipgate, I added an extra one because calling to country zone 2 was cheaper.