FaxBack Port Server - Manual - Manual (Page 8)

Chapter 3 – Client Overview
What features does the Port Server bring your users?
NET SatisFAXtion IP Port Server leverages your existing VoIP network to allow your users to send and receive faxes
from their desktops transparently. Your users can also continue to use their existing fax machines without the
need for a dedicated extra phone line.
Available Clients
NET SatisFAXtion Client: The NET SatisFAXtion fax server can connect to the Port Server to provide all the features
of a LAN fax server to users, including server‐side print conversion and additional desktop clients such as the Client
Suite and Microsoft Fax.
Microsoft Fax Client: This fax application ships with Windows XP and Vista (except the “Home” editions of Vista),
and may be downloaded from the Microsoft web site for Windows 2000. A Microsoft Fax server is also a part of
Windows Small Business Server, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008. A plug‐in is provided to allow
both of these to use the Port Server to send and receive faxes. Because this is built in to the operating system it
has a very low support and maintenance overhead.
Fax Machine Client: This store‐and‐forward server enables any SIP+T.38 ATA device or IAD to send and receive
faxes via the Port Server. Typically this will be installed on a Windows server on the same network as the ATA
device(s).
FaxOut Client: This client provides a virtual printer for desktop conversion of documents and attaches them to
email. The printer driver works with all email applications, simply using the system default mail client.
SDK Client: This client provides a powerful API for software developers to create custom fax solutions.
The Effects of Connected/Disconnected Clients
Most of the clients (excluding the Outlook Add‐in) maintain an HTTPS connection to the Port Server. If that link is
not established (the client isn’t logged in) then the Port Server will return a “busy” (486 Busy Here) for any faxes to
that client’s associated DIDs.