MARV PLEASE: does Bill's Agere 5620 modem support faxing?
Bill:
It is becoming possible although still expensive to use services over
your DSL link such as outlined in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_fax
At the same time, it is very simple to FAX out from your computer using
an analog modem such as your Agere modem with FAX software such as efax
which you can download from many places such as
http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/intel/Philippe.Vouters/efax.zip
In such a scheme there is absolutely NO interaction between your
Internet connection via DSL and EFAXing with the Agere modem.
The only caveat is that I do not know if the specific Agere 620 driver
supports FAXing.
Marv will tell you.
My own way to do what you wish to is:
-Internet via DSL
-FAX out using the FAX function of my C7183 All-in-one HP printer.
-Phone company FAX phone box which forwards incominf FAXes to my
computer embedded in a mail message.
Jacques
Jacques
A4Skyhawk wrote:
Jacques:
I'm sorry for the confusion - I am not experienced w/ the workings of a
fax program from the computer. So, I am probably not explaing myself too
well. I'll start from the beginning -
My previous computer had Win XP, a USR 5660A modem for faxing, and a BSRP
"PhoneTools" program. My ISP was Verizon, via DSL (not dial-up). I don't
remember how PhoneTools was setup for faxing. I recently upgraded to this
computer - an eMachine w/ Vista Home Basic, which does not support faxing.
Verizon is still the ISP, via DSL, and I would like to be able to fax from
the computer as I did before. The modem that came w/ Vista, as shown in the
ModemData report, is the Agere Systems Device 0620.
How do I fax from this computer w/ this equipment?
Bill
Jacques Goldberg wrote:
A4Skyhawk wrote:
Jacques:
I have DSL, so I don't need to dial a number to get to the ISP for an
internet connection. Do I need to create another (dial-up) connection
for
fax service?
Bill
Sorry Bill but this time I am lost.
If you have DSL, what would you need another connection for?
What would you need wvdial for if you do not need an Analog Modem, not a
DSL, Internet connection?
Or is it perhaps that you want:
a- your DSL connection to connect to the Internet for mail, surfing,
etc... , and
b-the ability to use a FAX machine using an other modem, of type Analog
(dial up) and not DSL?
If this is indeed what you want, an Internet (wvdial) connection using
an analog (dialup) modem is definitely hopeless to send FAXes !
Please explain what you want to do and what is then the problem.
Jacques
