Re: flexfax: sharing a modem with pppd

[Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz>]

On Tue, 4 Nov 1997, Luiz Otavio L. Zorzella wrote:

> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'd like to know if it's possible in hylafax to send a fax through the
> modem being used by pppd.
> 
> I mean: if I can turn of pppd, send a fax, and turn pppd on again.

It should be possible to keep pppd running, as well as having HylaFAX
staying around.

> I tryied doing this, but seems that the hylafax server insists on
> resolving my machine's name when it gets a requisition,

Looks like you may have to set up a DNS or check your current DNS
queries when pppd is running. Something pppd is doing is causing
HylaFAX's DNS queries to fail - significantly.

Cheers.
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