I need to send faxes on an occasional basis from my G5 (10.5.8) and
have been doing this by sharing the internal modem in my wife's G3
iMac which is networked via the usual arrangement with an ethernet
router. This works fine but has a degree of inconvenience.
To overcome that I purchased a neat Apple USB external modem which is
plugged into a powered USB hub and is showing up correctly in System
Profiler (drawing 50mA of the 500mA available). The phone cable that
was plugged into the iMac is now plugged into the modem so the phone
side is unchanged. When sending a fax in the usual way all seems
normal and the "Dialling... Dialling..." message shows in the Menu
Bar. This just goes on and apparently times out and the fax reverts
to hold. I have tested this to known not engaged, functional
numbers. It is in fact dialling, if I pretend to send a fax to my own
mobile, it rings. Apparently it is unable to initiate a pick up and
connect. I can find nothing of help in settings for network or modem
nor at Apple Support.
I have not tried plugging directly in to USB port rather than a hub,
cable lengths and layout make this difficult for a quick try.
Any advice on this Sunday afternoon puzzler would be welcome.
Severin Crisp
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15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia.
Phone (08) 9842 1950 (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950)
email mailto:sevcr...@westnet.com.au
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