Why not move to an IAXmodem + hylafax & asterisk model, it works very well.
On Tue, 2007-05-08 at 16:16 -0400, David Steele wrote: > 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] > > > > >
