Faxing using home hub 3

Not sure if this is possible. My set up is Home hub 3 running BT Infinity, computer wirelessly connected. (excellent service managing 35M average).
Can I use the computer to send an occassional fax using the home hub. If so how do I set it up?
Regards
Gerry D
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I got on to BT and told them of the problem, the lady I spoke to kept saying that it was my Printer/Fax Machine that was at fault. I was talking to her for over an hour trying to explain that a fax machine is basically a phone that sends data over the phone line. I was eventually past on to someone else and had to explain it all over again. He was quite helpful and tested the line while I was doing a fax test and told me to do several tests with the fax machine and to do speed tests as well to see if the broadband speed drops and that he would ring back in the morning. When he rang back I told him that I had the same problem of the DSL light on the router going off then flickering when I pluged in a corded phone. He passed me on to someone else to book an engineer to check the wiring, but the person I then spoke to wouldn't have it that the installition of infinity could have been wired incorrectly and said that if they sent an engineer that I would be charged £90. I told her to forget it. I have had enough of BT broadband and the messing around I've had over the past year so when my contract comes to an end in March I will be switching to a cable company for my broadband so then I will be able to use my fax machine without affecting the broadband connection.
Thanks for all your help, it's just a shame that I couldn't get any from BT.

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What am I trying to achieve.
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I changed the IP address from 192.168.1.254 to 192.168.1.200 as this seems to be what the other threads on this subject did.
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Thanks for the speedy reply!
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hey,
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I have a BT home Hub 3 with standard BT broadband(no infinity), how do I set up an Apple AirPort Extreme without a stand alone modem? Can I use my current Home Hub

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