[cisco-voip] pound character in DNs

[SouthEastTexasTelecom]

Those of us with 16 digit phones can use them though rare (Autovon/DSN
phones come to mind).

I know of several ham repeater controllers that use D as the forced
terminator.....a cheap and easy solution.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net [mailto:cisco-voip-
> bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Nick Matthews
> Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 5:09 PM
> To: Ovidiu Popa
> Cc: cisco-voip
> Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] pound character in DNs
> 
> If you use the # (pound) in your dial plan as a special character I
> suggest changing the default terminator on the gateways.
> 
> dial-peer terminator A
> 
> I like to use characters A-D for termination since users never dial those.
> 
> -nick
> 
> On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 3:26 PM, Ovidiu Popa <ovi.popa at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello Mike
> >
> > Yes. Sorry, I meant the star character. I believe in CUCM there are no
> > restrictions of that kind as you have to explicitly configure digit
discard
> > instructions with the pound character if you need them.
> >
> > Thanks for the correction.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Ovidiu
> >
> >
> >
> > On Feb 16, 2012, at 19:41, Mike King <me at mpking.com> wrote:
> >
> > Ovidiu,
> > typically the pound character (also called the octothrope, or #) is used
as
> > terminator in dialing rules.  I'm not sure you can change that or not.
> > Did you mean the star character *?
> >
> > On Feb 15, 2012 5:42 PM, "Ovidiu Popa" <ovi.popa at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hello eveyone
> >>
> >> Quick question: Any drawbacks to using the pound character in DNs (e,g,
> >> *1000)? It will be only for unlogged phones so impact should be
minimum.
> >>
> >> Any technical limitations, drawbacks, field-experience ?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Ovidiu
> >>
> >>
> >>
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