# Converge two phones **URL:** \ **Category:** Asterisk Support\ **Created:** [February 13, 2015, 11:11pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/converge-two-phones/48136 "2015-02-13T23:11:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rebootln](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6a8cbe/32.png) [@rebootln](https://community.asterisk.org/u/rebootln)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2015, 11:11pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/converge-two-phones/48136/1 "2015-02-13T23:11:53Z")
Hey guys - how would we go about converging 2 phones in asterisk - i know switchvox can do it - but how can you program that in to the dial plan ? ---
**Author:** ![david55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19adc/32.png) [@david55](https://community.asterisk.org/u/david55)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2015, 1:12am UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/converge-two-phones/48136/2 "2015-02-14T01:12:40Z")
Define “converge”. ---
**Author:** ![rebootln](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6a8cbe/32.png) [@rebootln](https://community.asterisk.org/u/rebootln)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2015, 4:48am UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/converge-two-phones/48136/3 "2015-02-15T04:48:11Z")
Similar to what switchvox does where you can dial in - authorize an “external” number and have all the calls auto forward to that number Is there a function to do that or does it have to be manually programed into dial plan Plus - how do you make it persistent over restart if not using realtime ---
**Author:** ![david55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19adc/32.png) [@david55](https://community.asterisk.org/u/david55)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2015, 10:52am UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/converge-two-phones/48136/4 "2015-02-15T10:52:41Z")
It would have to be programmed. astdb