[hylafax-users] Questions about Hylafax install & machine speed

[john.j.hudak@xxxxxxxxxxx]

Hi:
I am comptemplating composing a Linux-based system + hylafax to basically replace an older fax machine  in my wifes office.  She needs the following functionality:
1. Fax of scanned documents from one of 3 PCs (XP) (presumably implemented by one of the win hylafax clients)
2. Receiving of faxes and distribution by either 1)sending to her ISP mail account, 2)notification of received fax through email and she uses client to retrieve fax, 3)immediate print received fax to network printer.

The office network consists of a 3 PCs, connected via a Netgear router, and two network printers.  Two of the PCs have scanners directly attached to them.

I have an older 233 MHZ pc that I would use to run a Linux distribution such as RH9, Debian or Damn Small Linux (DSL-based on Debian).  
I have some basic questions for ppl that have been down a similar road:
1. Will the 233MHz machine have enough HP to run hylafax + minimal OS services? This is envisioned as a stand alone device.
2. Of the three OS mentioned, which one would require the least amount of work to get hylafax to work? The issue I am struggling with is that DSL runs very fast on the 233, and RH I know is kinda slugish, don't know about Debian. Other options?
3.The fax load perhaps 3-5 incoming faxes a day (each about 3-5 pages), and perhaps 2-3 outgoing faxes a day, with as many as 20 pages.  Again the question is there enough HP both on the PC send/receive end, as well as the network end? The network bw is 100 GB/sec
4. The fax modem is a USR Courier V everything, connected via a serial line. The PC serial port is a 9-pin 'com2' connection that support the typical small subset of modem control lines (e.g. tx/rx/cts/rts/dsr/dcd/ri).  Will this setup work adequately with Hylafax?

I have installed, used, and did minimal development in many unix systems over the last 20 years, so I am fairly familar with the OS, but I don't know any of them inside and out. 
Your suggesions and comments are apprecited.
thanks
John

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