USB modems can also be used for fax SENDERS .. but may not be totally kosher in the receive mode.
I have tried a Netcomm Roadster II 56 USB modem, for faxing outbound it works a-ok, havent tried inbound yet, but for other apps like mpd in answer mode it plays silly buggers.. and essentially loops the mpd daemon trying to get non existent statii. mjt On Wed, 2003-10-01 at 11:15, Bill Campbell wrote: > On Tue, Sep 30, 2003, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >Has anyone used freebsd to setup a fax server? > > > >Looking at Hylafax (http://www.hylafax.org) > ><http://www.hylafax.org/HylaFAQ/Q001.html%29>. Any others worth looking at? > > We've used HylaFAX since it was called flexfax (and hosted the HylaFAX > mailing list for a couple of years after SGI asked Sam Leffler to get it > off SGI). It's worked well for me on SCO OpenServer, and Linux, but I > haven't gotten around to trying it on FreeBSD. > > >Which fax modem cards are supported by freebsd? > > We've always used MultiTech external modems. They're reliable, cheap, work > well with fax, and you don't have to reboot the system when a modem gets > wedged. IMHO internal modems are to be avoided at all costs. > > Bill > -- > INTERNET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC > UUCP: camco!bill PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way > FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 > URL: http://www.celestial.com/ > > ``Capitalism works primarily because most of the ways that a company can be > scum end up being extremely bad for business when there's working > competition.'' -rra > _______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > ************************************************************************ > This Email has been scanned for Viruses by MailMarshal. > ************************************************************************ -- Murray Taylor Special Projects Engineer --------------------------------- Bytecraft Systems & Entertainment P: +61 3 8710 2555 F: +61 3 8710 2599 D: +61 3 9238 4275 M: +61 417 319 256 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit us on the web http://www.bytecraftsystems.com http://www.bytecraftentertainment.com ************************************************************************ This Email has been scanned for Viruses by MailMarshal. ************************************************************************ _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
