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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I am a big proponent of T.38 for fax, especially when it comes time to do a fax server, if you’re doing the right kind of T.38 should be an easy migration.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">SCCP does not do protocol based T.38, which is the standard. It only does NSE based T.38 which is cisco proprietary. Therefore, I try as hard as I can not
to do analog gateways as SCCP.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I found this article the other day, I haven’t read it all but it looks really good<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><a href="https://supportforums.cisco.com/docs/DOC-14470#Q_What_are_some_best_practices_for_configuring_T38_Fax_Relay_on_a_VG224_analog_gateway_running_SCCP_and_STCAPP">https://supportforums.cisco.com/docs/DOC-14470#Q_What_are_some_best_practices_for_configuring_T38_Fax_Relay_on_a_VG224_analog_gateway_running_SCCP_and_STCAPP</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">-Nate<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> cisco-voip-bounces@puck.nether.net [mailto:cisco-voip-bounces@puck.nether.net]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Matthew Ballard<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, December 02, 2011 2:22 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Scott Voll; Mike King<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Cisco VoIPoE List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [cisco-voip] IP Based Fax Servers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">When I implemented the fax server here, I switched the remaining analog faxes (very few at this point) onto a VG224, VG202s, or a 1861 in one case, and configured
those to use T.38 as well, so that we only use T.38 for faxes on the IP network. Our main voice gateway then does the translation to a traditional PRI.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Since the migration, I rarely have to troubleshoot fax problems anymore, and basically never have to troubleshoot actual fax protocol issues, only configuration
between the MFPs and/or email.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">We are using XMedius, I’m generally happy with it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">In order to keep the traditional experience for faxing (for sending at least, ie the ability to walk up and send a fax), we use HP MFPs (3035/3530 or higher)
with the HP DSS software so that the faxes go out through the fax server. Incoming faxes are either routed by email or printed on a printer, depending on what the department wanted.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Even when something does have to be worked on, there are fewer points of problem with this setup, plus I was able to mostly abandon the old phone infrastructure
(I switched from using the old 100 pair copper trunks between floors to a couple of CAT5 cables that were already in place but unused to handle all remaining analog lines).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Matthew Ballard<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Network Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Otis College of Art and Design<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:mballard@otis.edu">mballard@otis.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">
<a href="mailto:cisco-voip-bounces@puck.nether.net">cisco-voip-bounces@puck.nether.net</a>
<a href="mailto:[mailto:cisco-voip-bounces@puck.nether.net]">[mailto:cisco-voip-bounces@puck.nether.net]</a>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Scott Voll<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, December 02, 2011 9:35 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Mike King<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Cisco VoIPoE List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [cisco-voip] IP Based Fax Servers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Are all Fax machines going away?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">if not, how will you support both T.38 and fax passthrough?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">is T.38 stuff coming in on only one pri?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Currently we use right fax... my last enterprise we used Xmeduis...... I like Xmedius much better. just my 2 cents<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Scott<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 8:55 AM, Mike King <<a href="mailto:me@mpking.com">me@mpking.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I'm looking to escape the support nightmare of Fax machines. We currently have over 100 fax machines in our enterprise, mostly connected to VG224's, some on ATA's (ugh). At least once a week I spend a few hours troubleshooting a faxing
issue. (All my sites use PRI's on H323 gateways or MGCP gateways)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Based on Paper, Toner, Drums, Smartnet, and my time savings, I've got a real sweet story on introducing a fax server. (It'll most likely be a Biscom FAXCom server because it supports direct tie in to our Enterprise application)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">They support (require?) T.38. Should T.38 be the silver bullet and this should "Just Work" or am I trading one headache for another? (Protocol wise, The actual fax software I can't control, and I imagine they all use T.38 anyways)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#888888">Mike<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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