[asterisk-users] Fax with Asterisk + Hylafax

[Travis Schafer]

In my case, I have a single PRI coming into a single port PRI card on my Asterisk box. My "old" fax numbers (prior to our switch to PRI) are DIDs on that PRI.

Using IAXModem+HylaFAX, I can recieve faxes without having seperate POTS lines for faxes, or an external fax board, or a multiport T1 card.

Adding new fax numbers involves assigning a new DID...so adding additional fax "lines" doesn't cost anything (again, IAXModem is free...)

--TS

>>> Olivier <oza-4h07 at myamail.com> 04/17/07 2:19 PM >>>
2007/4/16, Stephen Bosch <posting at vodacomm.ca>:
>
>
> It's not entirely clear to me why people continue to cling to the idea
> that Asterisk should handle faxing also. What's the benefit? Hylafax is
> great, and you can even use it on the same machine.


The benefit, I guess, is to save a dedicated line and not changing incoming
fax numbers, as you cannot port them individually.
But you're right to point it also has drawbacks ...