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hakemon
Vonage Forum Junior


Joined: May 10, 2006
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Is it possible to fax through Line 1 on the Linksys RT31P2 box? I have my Macintosh connected to Line 1, and send a 2 page fax, and it takes the Mac 5 minutes, and then it says "Completed", but the other party I faxed too, tells me they never receieved the fax, but their fax machine DID pick up to my Macs call to it... |
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scots
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Joined: Dec 08, 2004
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Location: Raleigh, NC
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It's possible, but not every device works. Also, I believe you'll need to have the Mac dial a prefix of *99 before it dials the phone number. |
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hakemon
Vonage Forum Junior


Joined: May 10, 2006
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| scots wrote: | | It's possible, but not every device works. Also, I believe you'll need to have the Mac dial a prefix of *99 before it dials the phone number. |
what's the *99 prefix do exactly? |
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scots
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Joined: Dec 08, 2004
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Location: Raleigh, NC
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Basically, it puts Vonage into a data mode rather than voice. |
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hakemon
Vonage Forum Junior


Joined: May 10, 2006
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| scots wrote: | | Basically, it puts Vonage into a data mode rather than voice. |
Ok, thanks. I placed the fax call with my Mac to dial *99 as the prefix, and hopefully the company I faxed got the fax this time. |
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scots
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Joined: Dec 08, 2004
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Location: Raleigh, NC
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You better call them and make sure. Faxing on your line 1 isn't officially supported even when using *99...but it does help. The only "official" way to fax with Vonage is to sign up for a fax line. |
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a-dhold
Vonage Forum Senior


Joined: Jun 21, 2005
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| scots wrote: | | You better call them and make sure. Faxing on your line 1 isn't officially supported even when using *99...but it does help. The only "official" way to fax with Vonage is to sign up for a fax line. |
nope - the only difference is the price the limited # on minutes and no voicemail / and other un-needed features on a fax line
the thing to fax successfully is to slow down the speed to 9600 baud
not all machines will work but a lot will. i have had no problems faxing from my voice line
the only other thing to do would be to tell Vonage you have a tivo and they can change 1 or 2 settings in your box to help data transmissions be more reliable. |
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vonroo
Vonage Forum Associate


Joined: May 28, 2006
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Location: Bayamon, Puerto Rico
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I use line#1 and work fine with the fax. |
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