For fax pass-through testing on Cisco gateways, echo cancellation and voice activity detection should be disabled (no echo-cancel enable, no vad) because they degrade modulated fax signals.

Checked 2026-10-02

Vendor
Cisco
Product
Cisco IOS voice gateways
Subsystem
pass-through
Deployment
on-premises
Region
not restricted
Release range
current as of 2026-10-02
Checked
2026-10-02

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WarmTransfer. (2026, October 2). Troubleshooting fax over IP failures: source note fax-over-ip-troubleshooting-passthru-no-ec-vad. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/fax-over-ip-troubleshooting-passthru-no-ec-vad

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@misc{warmtransfer-claim-fax-over-ip-troubleshooting-passthru-no-ec-vad,
  title  = {Troubleshooting fax over IP failures: source note fax-over-ip-troubleshooting-passthru-no-ec-vad},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/fax-over-ip-troubleshooting-passthru-no-ec-vad},
  note   = {Source note fax-over-ip-troubleshooting-passthru-no-ec-vad, checked 2026-10-02}
}

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