3com NBX 2101 User Manual

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Hunt Groups and Calling Groups
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Hunt Groups and 
Calling Groups
Your administrator can establish informal “call centers” so that incoming 
calls can be directed to several telephones. Calls that come in to your 
telephone through your extension go to the call coverage point that you 
have set up. Calls that come in to your telephone through hunt groups 
and calling groups follow the call coverage path set up by the 
administrator for that group.
Hunt Groups
Incoming calls ring to one member of the hunt group. If that member’s 
telephone is in use, or if that member does not answer the call, the 
system “hunts” for another member of the group until the call is 
answered or is forwarded to the group call coverage point. For example, 
if there are no available members of the hunt group, the call might be 
forwarded to a group mailbox or to the receptionist.
 shows an example of a hunt group configuration.
Figure 4   Sample Hunt Group Configuration
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Incoming Telephone Call
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Telephone #1
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Telephone #2
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Telephone #3
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Group Voice Mailbox
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