Sending and Receiving Faxes Using a SIP Server

A SIP server is a server that manages and controls IP telephone services using SIP (Session Initiation Protocol). A SIP server provides the following main features.

  • Proxy server: Relays SIP requests and SIP responses

  • Registrar server: Receives address information for devices on the IP network and registers them to a database.

  • Redirect server: Returns address information for SIP requests

A SIP server allows you to specify the destination by SIP user name or fax number.

Recipient Designation Example

  • SIP user name: 1111

A: SIP Server