[asterisk-users] fax transmission

[Thomas Kenyon]

Doug Lytle wrote:
> Vieri Di Paola wrote:
>> advantage of sending faxes through Asterisk with, say
>> a 8-port ISDN card is that I don't need any modems and
>> I have a lot more channels to work with. Less
>> maintenance, too.
>> Or maybe I'm missing something to do the same with
>>   
> 
> iaxmodem is the component that will allow you to use all of your 8 ports 
> on the ISDN card as software modems.  It works very well.
> 
It is worth noting that it works best if the asterisk server with the 
linecard is the same machine as the hylafax server. (although afaik most 
problems with remote servers are now fixed in the latest release).