[plug] ADSL and fax

J Michael Gilks gilksjm at iinet.net.au
Tue Jun 4 07:03:23 WST 2002


On Sat, 1 Jun 2002 01:06, Kai wrote:
Thanks for the info. Maybe a second machine with modem attached and something 
like mgetty installed will do the trick.
Love
Mike.
> G'day Mike,
>
> Fax/phone and ADSL operate on different frequencies on the phone line -
> which is why you can use the phone and ADSL at the same time if you have
> a line filter connected.
>
> Unless there's some special software that can make the ADSL modem/router
> listen for any signals (eg fax tones) at voice frequencies it won't
> work. I don't know of any software which does that but it doesn't mean
> it doesn't exist.
>



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