Re: flexfax: Which modem works best with HylaFAX?

["Alan Sparks" <asparks@nss.harris.com>]

I've been having good results with the ZyXEL 1496E modem.  In the beginning,
I've had lots of trouble with RTN (retrain negative) failures.  But I've
upgraded the modem firmware to 6.19 (I think that's right), and set the
server to default to high resolution... Haven't had a failure in the couple
of weeks.

(I had to say that... the best way to get something to finally break is to
speak highly of it. :-)

-Alan

-----Original Message-----
From: Damian A Ivereigh <damian@cisco.com>
To: R.E. Brouwer <remco@ap-communicaties.nl>
Cc: flexfax@sgi.com <flexfax@sgi.com>
Date: Thursday, March 18, 1999 5:47 PM
Subject: Re: flexfax: Which modem works best with HylaFAX?


>R.E. Brouwer wrote:
>>
>> For some time now, I'm trying to configure HylaFAX to work with an US
>> Robotics 56K Voice Faxmodem. I've tried different configurations, but non
>> of them seem to work well. Also, in the mailing-list and on the Net, I've
read
>> that US Robotics modems aren't the best modems to use with HylaFAX.
>>
>> Is this true, and is that the reason why I can't get HylaFAX working with
my
>> modem?
>
>People have got USR's working with Hylafax, however I understand that
>some of the firmware's are buggy so it is a bit hit-and-miss. Often
>people have operated the modem in Class 1 mode (which essentially
>shifts much of the processing back to the computer).
>
>> If it is true, what is the best modem to use with HylaFAX, so I can
>> purchase a new one.
>
>I would recommend the MultiTech MT2834Z. I have been using it for
>several months and it seems to be very solid.
>
>Damian
>
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