Re: Fax configuration assistance required

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Hi again Peter,

The last time my mom was in England it cost her the equivalent of $4 for a
cup of tea in Harrod's - glad to hear that London hasn't gotten so big that
you have to dial the area code for every call!

Forgive my stupidity/insatiable curiousity but how is it that you have to
disconnect your Internet to send a Fax? Please bear in mind that I'm a
complete techno-peasant (when I studied computer programming Windows 3.1 was
brand new). Here in Toronto, Ontario, Canada we have these things called
splitters which allow two phone cables to feed into one phone jack. The line
from my DSL modem feeds into one side and the line from my fax modem (built
into my lovely rebuilt Gateway notebook that my mommy bought me) feeds into
the other. I have to use a filter to plug a phone in to the other phone jack
in my bedroom to filter out the noise from the DSL and/or fax connection.

Are you perhaps living in the Outer Hebrides where these technological
advancements are not available? Or is it that you just have the one port on
your homebuilt computer (I've got ports coming out the ying-yang - I've got
an ethernet connection to my DSL modem which then runs a normal phone line to
the aforementioned splitter).

Your nosy Anglophile Luddite Canuck e-correspondent,

Dar

"Peter Sklodowski" wrote:

Hey Darlene, LOL, I loved your reply to my earlier post.

"Darlene" <Darlene@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:8DE09CC0-692E-488B-88DA-794179237C6C@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hey Peter,

Am I to understand that you built your own computer but the phone/fax
number
had you stymied? Hope you've got it all sorted now.

That is correct. As I explained earlier I knew that ones telephone number
and fax number were very similar
but what I didn't know was that they were the same. I know that statement
doesn't make much sense but it depends on the environment. In an office it
is customary to have a dedicated phone line and a dedicated fax line too.
For obvious reasons these numbers cannot be the same and it is this fact
that threw me. In a home environment it is very unusual to have both a fax
line and a telephone line therefore the line must be shared. I based my
reasoning on the occasions when I could remember seeing different numbers
for telephone and fax on business letterheads. I can count the number of
times I have sent a fax using both thumbs (public library and photocopying
outlet) so you can't blame me for not realising what my fax number is. As
for the custom build it was not too difficult to do. Really. I have an
engineering background therefore I'm comfortable with assembly/disassembly.
Seriously, my generation were not taught all-things-computers at school and
so I jumped onto the bandwagon later than most. Yes I built my first rig and
did my first ever clean install 12 months after becoming enthusiastically
interested in computers. I am on the verge of completing my second build - a
rig designed for overclocking. Anyway, enough blowing my trumpet - back to
the subject.

I'll offer you the solution that I found for the problem I was having.
Being a self-confessed Luddite I had a lot of trouble with the "dialing
rules" business in the "send fax wizard" (rather sexist don't you think -
hey
Microsoft how about a utility called a somethingorother Witch next time?).

LOL, I rather doubt that!

I
wasn't sure if my modem was dialing the full 10 digit number (required in
my
area code - don't know if that's a standard all over North America now)
but
sometimes it was trying to dial a "1" in front that I knew it didn't need
cause it was a local call. To try and "debug" the situation I plugged my
modem into my phone into the wall, then put the phone on speaker and
listened
while it dialed.

I realized that the modem was dialing so fast that the call was not
connecting and it was trying to send the fax to the dial tone. My ex
suggested that inserting commas would force pauses. What do you know, he
was
right! Such a smart guy but he let me get away.....lol.

I haven't sent a fax yet but the dialing rules business does look like a
potential problem. It does look like the 1 was being inserted so as to
conform to the dialing rules. I would suggest you turn dialing rules off if
it does that again (providing it still works OK!) Over here in the UK all we
do is dial the area code followed by the telephone number and bingo! you're
through. If it's a local call like within the same town/city then the area
code can be omitted. I will have to explore a little more before I can
comment further.

I signed up for this Newsgroup thingy sure that somebody out in cyberspace
would have a much more elegant way of resolving this problem, as I don't
want
to force commas every time I send a fax.

Just a suggestion - don't know if it's possible in your area, but where I
live the phone company offers something called Identicall where they give
you
a second phone number that has a different ring without a second physical
line. If that's available where you are you could get a 2nd number and
configure your fax modem to answer that number. Just call me Ma Bell!
(that's what we call the phone company up here in the land of polar bears
and
igloos...lol)

ATM I shall be sending faxes only. I am on an always-on broadband internet
connection and have to disconnect to utilize the fax capability. Therefore
I lose my internet for however long it takes to send the fax. That is the
reason why I shall not be receiving faxes. There are ways around it but
thanks for the suggestion all the same.

I must say that I love the combination of the obviously Eastern European
surname with that distinctly southern "y'all". I'm curious if a
homecooked
meal was perogies or pork bellies? I may be the worst cook north of the
Mason Dixon line but that commercial for precooked microwave bacon makes
me
want to scream - I've been known to burn salad but I can do microwave
bacon
- yeesh!

The "y'all" is to lull you all into a false sense of security. LOL, don't
get paranoid. ;-) Lordy, how does one burn salad? LOL Actually the
home-cooked meal was micro-wave spag bol but we have had our fair share of
golompki and borscht and perogi and kielbasa and kapusta. I simply don't
have the time or patience to cook every day but I do make exceptions for
special occasions. ;-)

Happy faxing!

Thank-you,
Regards,
Peter




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