[cisco-voip] mixing FAX modes

[Nick Matthews]

I haven't done the research on the Cisco Fax Server, but I would
imagine the benefits are in line with "you can buy from one vendor,
keep your discounts, one throat...".  It's an OpenText (previously
captaris) fax server underneath, and it's not all that hidden.

The dial peers look very much like normal dial peers except for a one
or two line fax configuration.  Most of the tinkering would happen on
the fax server itself.  The TCL script works alright for small
operations, but you're right in that it's not a good replacement for a
fax server at all.  Both Xmedius and the Cisco Fax Server are
boardless options.  You may also want to look at the Xmedius AXP
module - it's an NM module that hosts the fax server.

-nick

On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 12:00 PM, Robert Kulagowski <rkulagow at gmail.com> wrote:
> Just jumping in on this thread...
>
> I've been looking at moving away from physical fax machines and so this
> thread is intriguing to me.
>
> I looked at the Cisco Fax Server solution; is it just Captaris Right Fax
> that's been painted Cisco blue?  Is there a value-add in purchasing from
> Cisco rather than directly from Captaris?
>
> As far as faxing is concerned, I'm wrapping my head around the following.
>  I've successfully used the fax TCL script to do some light testing.  I know
> that it's not supposed to scale well, and there are huge "don't do this in
> production" warnings on it.
>
> The "boardless" faxing is most appealing, because it seems like it would
> eliminate additional analog-digital conversions.
>
> If PRIs from Ma Bell are terminated onto a 2851, then what sort of dial-peer
> configuration have people found to work the best, and does Fax over IP allow
>> 9600 baud faxing?
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