3Com 2101 - Manual (Page 75)

Bridged Extensions 75
Bridged Extensions With a bridged extension, buttons and status lights on one telephone
(the primary telephone) are associated with buttons and status lights on
another telephone (the secondary telephone).
On the primary telephone, you can perform all operations (such as dialing
telephone calls, placing calls on hold, forwarding calls, and so on).
On the secondary telephone, you can answer calls made to the primary
telephone’s extension but you cannot make calls using the buttons that
are associated with the primary telephone.
The administrator can create bridged extensions on:
■
An NBX Business Telephone with or without the Attendant Console
■ An NBX Basic Telephone if an Attendant Console is associated with it.
The bridged extension is created on the associated Attendant
Console.
Example:
An assistant’s job is to answer a manager’s telephone calls. The
administrator can map the manager’s extension on the assistant’s
telephone. The manager’s telephone is the primary telephone, and the
assistant’s telephone is the secondary telephone.
The administrator can map a primary telephone’s extension to one or
more secondary telephones.