Enabling call forwarding remotely on land line
infin8loop:
I was finally successful in remotely setting call forwarding on my LINE port which has AT&T POTS service:
1. From my cell phone (which is in my OBi circle of trust) I dialed my google voice number which is on SP1
2. The OBI attendant answered, I select 2 to make a new call, and entered mypin#
3. For the number I entered: **81172nnnnnnnnnn# where nnnnnnnnnn is the number to forward to
After the # is entered a new call is placed to nnnnnnnnnn. In this case it was my cell phone. I heard call waiting tone and clicked over to answer the call. Then simply hung up. I may be imagining this but it seems like the call placed during the call forwarding process has to be answered for it to take. I cannot test forwarding to an 11 digit number (including a 1) because I don't have a default long distance service on the AT&T line. I sure thought I tried this combination before, but I don't think I ever clicked over to answer the call waiting call on my cell phone that was coming in as part of the call forwarding process.
To remotely cancel call forwarding I performed the same steps except I entered **81173# and got 3 short tones and a dial tone which is the same thing I get when cancelling locally.
More info from AT&T instructions:
Turn On — To activate Call Forwarding, press 72# on your home phone. Dial the number you want to forward calls to. When the call is answered, Call Forwarding will be activated. If no one answers or the line is busy, press 72# again, redial the number and Call Forwarding will be activated.
So it wasn't just my imagination the call has to be answered unless you repeat the process a second time. Frankly I've never personally had a need to use call forwarding. I guess I should have RTFM first, huh? (grin) But, now that I know I can set it remotely from the OBi without having to pay even more to AT&T for the privilege... it could be useful.
chetstone:
I'm trying the method suggested by @Everett, because I want the OBI to forward my landline to GV, not the phone company (as the OP wanted.)
It doesn't work.
The information in this thread that you can't use GV to forward to itself was helpful. So I enter my forwarding number as **21NNN-XXX-XXXX to use my other SIP provider to do the forwarding.
It just doesn't work. The incoming call on the line port just keeps ringing, and the phone on the phone port rings until its answering machine picks up.
Am I missing something?
RonR:
Quote from: chetstone on December 01, 2011, 03:22:52 pm
The information in this thread that you can't use GV to forward to itself was helpful. So I enter my forwarding number as **21NNN-XXX-XXXX to use my other SIP provider to do the forwarding.
Enter it as SP2(12341234567)
chetstone:
Quote from: RonR on December 01, 2011, 03:36:31 pm
Quote from: chetstone on December 01, 2011, 03:22:52 pm
The information in this thread that you can't use GV to forward to itself was helpful. So I enter my forwarding number as **21NNN-XXX-XXXX to use my other SIP provider to do the forwarding.
Enter it as SP2(12341234567)
Actually I did. Or it did. When I entered it as I mentioned, after reboot, the OBI rewrote it in the form you suggest. Still no dice.
What should I expect will happen? Would it be the OBI picks up the call, then dials out, feeding back the ring tones and eventual answer to the line?
RonR:
The OBi is not rewriting it. It's the OBiTALK Web Portal reconfiguring your OBi with its settings.
If you wish to configure the OBi directly, you must set:
System Management -> Auto Provisioning -> ITSP Provisioning -> Method : Disabled
System Management -> Auto Provisioning -> OBiTALK Provisioning -> Method : Disabled
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