[hylafax-users] Re: Question On Multi Modem Cards

[<KAbrahamsen@wrightgroup.com>]

More Information:
Oh, I do remember a posting stating that IO cards which did NOT use an IRQ
(ie; used POLLING) were sometimes problematic in that they took too long to
perform their polling and would sometimes drop data (ie; too much overhead).
So although it's tempting to 'save' an IRQ by using one of these type cards,
on a busy system you may have problems using a polled IO card.
For SOME recommendations, SEARCH THE: Hylafax Mailing List Archives for the
heading text below AND follow ALL subsequent links:

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RE: Recommendations for a 4 port Modem card for Linux

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To: Greg Breland <gbreland@healthtech.net> 
Subject: RE: flexfax: Recommendations for a 4 port Modem card for Linux 
From: wsuetholz@centonline.com 
Cc: Hylafax <flexfax@sgi.com> 
Reply-To: wsuetholz@centonline.com 
Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 13:42:29 -0500 (CDT) 

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We use Comtrol's RocketModems here.  Currently using VSI-Fax, but I had
them working with Hylafax as well.  You can get 4 or 8 or 6(?) Modem cards
in either ISA or PCI versions.  The drivers are already in linux.

Bill Suetholz

On 20-May-99 Greg Breland wrote:
> Does anyone have any recommendations for a modem card for linux?  I need
> to connect 4 to 8 modems to my linux box.  I have plenty of 14.4
> external modems, but as I understand PC's, I can only have 2 serial
> ports.  Does anyone know of either a good 4 port serial board or a 4
> port modem bank device that works well with linux and Hylafax?
> 
> We have about 2000 customers that we have to send regular governmentally
> required updates to.  It takes 1 minute to send a one page fax to a
> number.  That means 2000 minutes or 33.3 hours for one broadcast with
> one modem.  Hooking up the second modem drops that to 17 hours, which
> will work, but I would rather get it around 8 hours or less.
> 
> Thanks for your help, Hylafax is a great program.



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RE: Recommendations for a 4 port Modem card for Linux 
From: wsuetholz@centonline.com
References: 
Recommendations for a 4 port Modem card for Linux 
From: Greg Breland <gbreland@healthtech.net>

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ken
-----Original Message-----
From: Abrahamsen, Ken 
Sent: Monday, June 26, 2000 10:48 AM
To: 'Leon Hauck'; HylaFAX List
Subject: RE: [hylafax-users] Question On Multi Modem Cards


No answer but I (and others) have asked this same question awhile back and
received very few responses and none which were PC based solutions or
readily available in the USA or some responses indicated potential problems
with what they were using. I've looked at Digi / Stallion and a few others
for 8+ port serial cards but have not bought one yet.
If you get some positive recommendations, I'd appreciate hearing what they
are as well.
Thanks!
ken
-----Original Message-----
From: Leon Hauck [mailto:leon@progcpu.com]
Sent: Friday, June 23, 2000 7:42 PM
To: HylaFAX List
Subject: [hylafax-users] Question On Multi Modem Cards


We're looking to impliment a Hylafax based solution using either a
Comtrol RocketModem II or Chaser Technoligies RAS-4 Mulit-Modem Board.

Both are PCI based 4-modem-on-a-card type board, both using the Rockwell
chipset, both reportedly Class 1 and Class 2 capable.

Has anyone had any experience with either of these cards?

Thanks,

Leon Hauck
Progressive Computing


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