Just following up on this - I can confirm Drew's information about the unreliability of faxing through an Asterisk box.
It seems that anything above 7 or so pages will have problems. I had someone I know run some tests in a clean environment - no luck sending anything above 10 pages in one try. This is using G711u with a quiet network. It just doesn't work. Not nice, but good to know. Regards, Dave. On 4/13/07, Drew Gibson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
There is a current thread on asterisk-users "Fax Blast over IP?" that may be of interest. Quote :- "Fax over G711u works.. but it's touchy... when our customers ask us if we support it we say yes and no.. and then explain that they can use it.. and fax away all they want, but if they have issues we don't support it. " http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/ The conclusion seemed to be that it will generally work fax m/c --> ATA --> Asterisk --> PSTN but only if you use the G711u codec. You need a good network path (LAN with no congestion). Lifetime Guarantee ;- When it breaks, it's end-of-life. regards, Drew Phil Oxrud wrote: If one does decide to go with an ATA, does anyone have any suggestions about which ATA works best with faxing? On 4/12/07, Simon P. Ditner < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think the general consensus at last month's meeting was that the > DSP's in ATA's tend not to be of the highest quality, and while fine > for voice, don't do the best job of digitizing fax signals. > > On 4/12/07, David Steele <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I've previously steered clear of trying to fax through an Asterisk > box, but > > does anyone here do it? > > > > I'm looking for reasons for or against using an ATA to plug a fax > machine > > into. I'm not interested in using Asterisk to answer and email faxes > - I > > just want the ability to use a fax machine on a PRI that is plugged > into an > > Asterisk box. > > > > I imagine reliability is the issue, but how big an issue is it? > > > > Thanks, > > Dave. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
