How many channels in/out?

[catalin]

Hello,
I just bought the config file hoping that I will be able to have what I wanted ...
I have a cell phone with unlimited calls to and from one number. So what I wanted: Friends calls to my FPL number which is "forwarded" to my cell. From my cell I call my FPL number, which give me a out dial tone. To do this I configured the FPL in Asterisk@home. The inbound from all numbers (except from my cell) directs to an extension that is forwarded to an external number (my cell phone).
The FPL trunk is in use because of the incoming call.
1)Can I use the same trunk for another outgoing call to my cell?
2)I don't know why, on my cell I receive "Private call" instead of my FPL number (from the outgoing call initiated by asterisk). Yesterday evening I was able to see my number, but I don't know what exactly I changed...
3)When I call my FPL from my cell, the DISA can outgoing through FPL trunk again?

Thanks

[Jake]

If it helps I can use at least 2 trunks on my 3CX PBX at once. This really helps when my daughter ties up the phone, people can still call in and we can still use the second line.

I don't know how your PBX works, but I would expect there is a place where you can add in extra trunks for the line.

[catalin]

Actually in the trunk configuration I put "Maximum channels = 4". And I just fixed the "Private number".
I am able now to make incoming calls into FPL and it is OK (audio). I am able to make outgoings from FPL and it is OK. But when I make an incoming to FPL forwarded to external (outgoing through FPL also), I can receive call on my cell, but when I answer I have no audio on both sides. I have a DLink DIR-625 router with no forwarding ports, but I understood that this router works correct even with no forwarding rule...
Is it a problem of ports or codecs?

[Bloodsong]

While testing custom setups I would suggest routing ports to minimize the possible issues.

[catalin]

ok, finally it works, the port forwarding thing...
But I don't know if it will be possible for me to forward the incoming CID number to the DISA outgoing number to my cellphone. Actually on my cell phoneI am interested to see the name (Caller Name) of the person who called but the number of outgoing (FPL), because it is the only number that I can receive free calls from...

[elwebmaster]

Actually on my cell phoneI am interested to see the name (Caller Name) of the person who called but the number of outgoing (FPL), because it is the only number that I can receive free calls from...

Excuse me, but aren't you being just a little bit too greedy? Isn't it enough that you get unlimited mobile calling for 50$ one time fee and 7$/month and now you also want Name Display on top of that? How about you keep using it quietly so the rest of us can also use it, until the Big3 start realizing what's happening and block ANI/CLI from freephoneline entirely? There have been a number of reports from people getting "Unknown" or "Restricted" caller id for freephoneline calls to their cell phones, it may have something to do with this abuse pattern exactly. And it is abuse because the terms of the My5/fav5/unlimited number agreement state precisely "Canadian residential phone numbers" and a number attached to a PBX hardly qualifies for "residential". I use this, I also know other people who use it. However, I am afraid that (especially since freephoneline does not pay for CNAM/CallerID to any provider) eventually the wireless providers will decide to block the CallerID for freephoneline calls and then we won't be able to use this loophole anymore. I am particularly concerned that changing the "Caller Name" on the fly for every call will accelerate the process. In addition, freephoneline doesn't really benefit in any way from such usage. They do collect the termination fees but every call is also an outgoing call so it evens out completely (except for the bandwidth usage which is a loss).
You can still check who called you by looking at the log on the freephoneline website or in your Asterisk log. May be you can write an extension for Asterisk that will provide "Who Called" service by sending you a text message (through GoogleVoice or mail2sms) every time a call to your cell phone fails that would be a nice feature.