Re: [hylafax-users] FW: Multiple PCI modems?

["Andrew Chan" <achan@achan.com>]

I must admit that I am more used to thinking of solutions in the
"enterprise" way when money is not #1 priority but performance, reliability
and scalability is. But now acting as a freelance consultant, I am learning
to cater to the needs of (very) small businesses.

> Wait.  You CAN'T do this.  Once you stick a Linmodem in your system you
> CANNOT add any other modem because the Linmodem driver corrupts the
> behavior of the serial driver.  This may not apply to USB modems, but it
> does apply to external serial modems.

Okay... :-(  PCI modems it will be then...

The problem is I have yet to find any Linmodem chipset/driver that will
support multiple modems in a single system. Eric Minto seems to have that
working for a couple of Conexant modems but he might have done some hacks to
the driver. The official distribution says multiple instances is a feature
that is not currently supported.

All the fancy multi-port modem/serial cards are great, except they are
ridiculously expensive so they are out of the question. I can buy multiple
PCs and cheap PCI modems for the price of one of these cards.

33.4k faxing is cool but most of the destinations are SME businesses, and I
don't suppose they have the latest and greated FAX machines to receive in
Super G3 mode.

My client herself is a SME so I think she just will have to accept the time
limitations.

Many many thanks for all the constructive comments from all of you though!
And keep the suggestions coming! I cannot believe that after all these years
no one has built a super cheap fax broadcast server.

Andrew

> AND... having read this thread... sooner or later your client is going to
> have to do this thing right.  And, the right way is to use a multiport
> modem (MultiTech ISI, Comtrol RocketModem, Equinox) or to go digital (T1
> and something like the Eicon Diva Server).  If you went with something
> that supported Super G3 faxing (V.34) then you would save some serious
> time in faxing to that number of destinations.
>
> Lee.



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