windows faxing

 

Hi everyone, i know that this may not be the right forum for this
question, but from past experience, this forum has a way to respond to
most questions in the fastest way. I am expecting an important fax
over my computer. I have windows XP fax program already installed. I
have a dsl modem where my telephone lint is going to the data
inport...i know when i had the old dial up i never had this problem,
but this is the first time i'm trying with a DSL modem. If I connect
that line that is going to my modem to my computer, won't i be 'off
line"? How else can i receive the fax then?

 

noel888 wrote:


Nope, it will work fine just like the voice phone does.


You can get it sent to a fax receiving service that turns it into an email etc.

 

In article


If you disconnect your DSL modem from your computer, you will be
off-line. Your best option is to use one of those online fax services or
have the sender scan in the document and email it to you. You can find
out about online fax services by googling for "online fax."

 

af6ddf3817af@x12g2000yqx.googlegroups.com:


There is no reason why you can't have a fax/modem in your computer.
They work just fin right along side DSL.What you need to do is to
get a phone line splitter. It's a thing that you plug into a phone
jack and it provides two places to insert a phone cord.  Be sure to
install a DSL filter on the phone cord that is going away from the
DSL modem. Then plug that into your fax/modem card.

In case you had a hard tim followint that...
Phone jack on wall -> Splitter -> DSL Modem
                                        -> filter ->Fax/modem.

I got mine set up this way and it works just great for sending and
receiving the occasional fax.

 


Well I followed your suggestion, i think   i added a splitter to the
wall jack and had one wire going to my DSL internet , the other going
to my computer's "phone line'' and then sent a test to myself to see
if it works. I clicked on incoming box and the fax program says its
answering and after about a minute i get a message that an error
occurred while receiving the fax. No other message.. i was thinking
should i put one of the wires into my computer's 'phone' input instead
of phone line? Thanks