Hey Akshay, Try this guide... http://www.aboutdebian.com/modems.htm
You just need to identify your winmodem and locate the driver. Once done,, you need to hsfconfig to install and configure it... Rest is a piece of cake using "wvdial" And I must say,,,Hylafax rocks !!!! Prashant Naik --- Akshay Lamba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thats it i've had it! I've been thinking about > giving hylafax a go for a while now but have always > put it off cos in my 8 yrs of using linux i've never > configured a modem (i know i know). Been always wary > of that considering that all my boxes have > winmodems. Would any nice soul offer to direct me to > a > "dummies guide"? > > Once i have the modem in place I would do the > hylafax bit myself. > > PS: hmmm....beer....(*hinting brad*).... > > A > > ________________ Original message ________________ > Subject: [dubailug] Hylafax Rocks > Author: "Brad Campbell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 22nd September 2006 8:29:45 > > G'day mobsters, > > I finally got sick of having to drive to the office > every day just to check the fax machine, remove > the junk faxes and replenish the paper and toner in > the sodding thing.. > > So... I plugged a cheap and nasty external modem I > had lying around into the back of the server in > there (Ubuntu 6.06) and installed hylafax and > OpenVPN. Now wherever I am in the world my faxes get > > delivered straight to my laptop as pdf via E-mail, > and I can fax straight from the PC as gfax > pretends to be a printer in Gnome. > > Wicked stuff.. Now all I need to do is get another > mobile and permanently divert the office phone > and I'll not actually need to go there at all! > > I'm now up to 8 OpenVPN nodes on all my various bits > of kit around the place, and I have to say it > just rocks being able to securely get into any > machine, route anything I need to and have it > penetrate all NAT devices with no modification > required. I don't have to worry about dynamic dns > anymore except on the OpenVPN server, and I know all > my traffic is secure against eavesdropping. > > Even better, on other peoples networks I can > completely firewall the external interfaces on the > boxes as OpenVPN is an internal interface, so on the > insecure network I'm not even exposing an ssh > port. The box looks completely dead to all port > scans and never returns a packet. Let's see NMAP > fingerprint that! > > Brad > -- > "Human beings, who are almost unique in having the > ability > to learn from the experience of others, are also > remarkable > for their apparent disinclination to do so." -- > Douglas Adams __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dubailug/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dubailug/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
