[cisco-nas] as5800 for fax off-ramp?

[Darryl Sladden]

Jon,

The AS5800 supports sending out Faxes via T.38.
You would need a T.38 Fax Server and upgrade 
to Voice cards for the AS5800.

The other options are to trade up the AS5800
to an AS5350 that support T.37 and then get 
a T.37 fax server.

Regards,
Darryl Sladden
VGDBU Product Manager
dsladden at cisco.com
Phone: 408-525-8970
Cell:  408-390-3781
Cisco Systems Inc. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: jlewis at lewis.org [mailto:jlewis at lewis.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 5:30 PM
> To: Darryl Sladden
> Cc: Dennis Peng; cisco-nas at puck.nether.net
> Subject: RE: [cisco-nas] as5800 for fax off-ramp?
> 
> 
> That sucks.  Are there other protocols for which the 5800 can be used to 
> send out faxes to remote fax machines over the PSTN?...or would we be 
> forced to go to 5300's or a 5400 to do this with cisco gear?
> 
> On Wed, 2 Jul 2003, Darryl Sladden wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Jon,
> > 
> > The AS5800 does not support T.37 fax relay.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Darryl Sladden
> > VGDBU Product Manager
> > dsladden at cisco.com
> > Phone: 408-525-8970
> > Cell:  408-390-3781
> > Cisco Systems Inc. 
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: cisco-nas-bounces at puck.nether.net
> > > [mailto:cisco-nas-bounces at puck.nether.net]On Behalf Of Dennis Peng
> > > Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 10:30 AM
> > > To: jlewis at lewis.org
> > > Cc: cisco-nas at puck.nether.net
> > > Subject: Re: [cisco-nas] as5800 for fax off-ramp?
> > > 
> > > 
> > > I don't think fax off-ramp is supported on the 5800. Fax off-ramp is
> > > character based, so doesn't scale that well on the 5800. You should be
> > > able to do it on a 5300 with just MICA cards though. Either CAS or
> > > PRI should be ok for faxing.
> > > 
> > > Dennis
> > > 
> > > jlewis at lewis.org [jlewis at lewis.org] wrote:
> > > > I've been asked to look into setting up an AS5800 (pulled from providing 
> > > > dial-up service) to do outbound faxing.  I'm having trouble finding clear 
> > > > documentation on this, but what I've found so far is worrying me.  
> > > > 
> > > > It looks like what I want is to setup a T.37 off-ramp gateway.  Can this 
> > > > be done on a 5800 with 144-port mica modem cards?  Most of the docs talk 
> > > > about voice cards/ports, which I don't have.
> > > > 
> > > > Also, for outbound faxing, does it matter if the T1's are configured as 
> > > > channelized T1 vs PRI?
> > > > 
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