| OKIFAX 5750/5950112What is an Alias?Your T.38 Internet fax allows real-time communicationbetween T.38-capable devices.The devices locate each other using their IP Addresses.Here is an example IP Address: 192.168.1.1The IP Address must be programmed into the Address Tableof the Console Software by your Network Administrator.Your Network Administrator will then assign an alias to the IPAddress. The alias is the number you will use at your T.38facsimile machine to contact the remote T.38 device. Thealias is usually a shorter number used as a label (alias) for thelonger IP Address.ExampleHere is an example of aliases.You work at the home office of a bank. You have eightbranch offices that you communicate with. All nine locationshave T.38 Internet facsimile machines. Each of the ninelocations has a unique IP Address. When your NetworkAdministrator set up the machines, an alias was assigned toeach of the nine IP Addresses.The alias assigned to the home office was 01.The branches were assigned aliases 02 through 09.When you fax to each other using T.38, you use #01 toconnect to the home office, and #02 through #09 for thebranches.
