Can I fax with a cable modem?

Using my Mac's built-in software/hardware, is it possible to fax a document from my computer's desktop by way of high-speed cable modem?

No. Faxing require dial ups.
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I use my macmini to manage faxes to help my father's business, as fax is one of the most important mean of communication to our clients. While I can only receive fax from outside to my mac, but I cannot send fax from my mac through "Send PDF" option, it just stop working, and "Waiting for modem to become available" without using my telephone-line. It is weird when I plug it into my macbook that it works.
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I am having problems sending and receiving faxes, too, and have been working with AppleCare level 2. They are off for a couple of days, and the solution is nowhere in sight. They did capture information from my system as I tried to fax, and sent it to engineering. They have determined that I am not getting a dial tone.
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Actually, I like to use the direct approach when setting up my routers. I suggest you login using a browser like Firefox or Internet Explorer. Type in the router's IP address, in the address bar, in the form as http://192.168.1.1 . Every router has some form of IP address. Yours might be different. Check the manual. Once you type that in, then you can login to the router with the standard password preset with the router from the factory.
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Message Edited by jimwest on 06-06-200701:40 PM

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I've got a 3rd gen airport extreme (AEBS) that I've been using for the last several years and had no issue. Recently, I decided to switch from Verizon DSL to Time Warner Cable, and in order to avoid extra fees, I decided to purchase my own cable modem. Here begins an epic battle with sanity...
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- 2nd modem Zoom 5341J: This modem istalled with little issue and worked pretty well. The only problem I encountered with this modem was that it seems to cause a ton of network latency (ping=200ms average), which was way too slow for me. On the first night that I had this modem working, I cycled the power (to try to resolve the latency issue) and it never came back on. there must have been a short in the board or something. Back to Best Buy.
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I would recommend that you do the following as a minimum:
Power-down the modem, AirPort base station, and computer(s).
Disconnect the AirPort base station from the Internet broadband modem.
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