Chapter 2: System Overview
Multi-Tech Systems, Inc. FF200 FaxFinder Fax Server Admin User Guide 13
Server Setup for Sample FaxFinder System – Acme99, Inc.
192.168.4.251
Pete
PSTN
Joe
PBX Ext 3049
Pat
Admin
Internet
Time Server
FF200
FaxFinder
Server
POTS
Modem
Ethernet Port
Mail Server
PC of FaxFinder
Administrator
Email: pat@acme99.com
All incoming faxes are labeled
as coming from the admin.
Pat -- Admin admin pat@acme99.com
Unassigned Number pat@acme99.com
Pat pat@acme99.com 3049
Pete pete pete@acme99.com 3033
Joe joe joe@acme99.com 3032
Mary mary mary@acme99.com 3031
Name
User ID Email Address
Ext
Function
Phone Book
add
update
delete
update
update
update
delete
delete
delete
update
update
update
Company in example has 30 PBX station
ports and 20 additional extension numbers
to assign to users who need incoming fax
numbers:
Telco Setup
Faxing PBX Ext: 3033
Administration: IP Configuration
IP Address
192.168.4.89
Subnet Mask
Name Server
Default Gateway
Secondary
Name Server
update
255.255.255.0
192.168.4.251
192.168.4.1
Administration: SMTP Configuration
SMTP Server Address mail.acme99.com
update
A time server pro-
vides current time
to the FaxFinder
upon request. The
time server uses
Simple Network
Time Protocol
(SNTP).
time.nist.gov
mail.acme99.com
Mail Server must support
Simple Mail Transport
Protocol (SMTP), which
FaxFinder uses for
outputting faxes in
email form.
192.168.4.89
faxfinder.acme99.com
Ethernet LAN
FaxFinder Server
Software Setup
FaxFinder
Server
Software
Setup
Administration: Time Configuration
Time Server
Request Interval
update
Time Zone
Days Hours Minutes
(GMT-06:00) Mountain Time (US & Canada)
time.nist.gov
0
0
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A Domain Name Server
(DNS) resolves domain
names (www.acme99.com)
into actual IP addresses
(192.168.4.200).
Admin is typically recipient
of all faxes sent to unassigned
PBX extensions (faxes to
“Unassigned Number”).
Admin uses FaxFinder
Phone Book to assign
PBX extension numbers
to email addresses of clients.
Admin receives fax log
report as email attachment
after every nth fax.
Faxing PBX Ext: 3032
Email: joe
@acme99.com
Mary
Email: pete
@acme99.com
Faxing PBX Ext: 3031
Email: mary
@acme99.com
Name Server
PBX
Station Ports
POTS
Modem