I routinely fax from my DSL line - my line is t-jacked at the wall with one side to the DSL modem and the other directly into the modem port on my cube. Fax communications require analog signal (dial tone) but can share your DSL just like regular voice. Brenda On Jan 1, 2006, at 8:32 PM, Linda wrote: > On 1/1/06 7:23 PM, Kevin Willis wrote: > >> Can some one give me a crash course in using the fax feature in OS X >> (10.4)? I am trying to fax a document I created in Apple Works. The >> modem says it is dialing the number, but there is no sound from the >> modem. Then it stops and the document shows up in the faxing jobs >> list as being on hold. What am I doing wrong? > > Do you have a regular phone line plugged into the computer? If > you're using > cable or DSL (I'm guessing the latter, since your email address is > @verizon), you need a separate phone line (not another data line) > plugged > into your computer. > > peace, > Linda > > _______________________________________________ > X4U mailing list > X4U at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random > stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 >