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

["Erick Thompson" <ethompson@nbr.org>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lee Howard" <faxguy@howardsilvan.com>
To: "Andrew Chan" <achan@achan.com>
Cc: <hylafax-users@hylafax.org>
Sent: Friday, July 19, 2002 9:29 AM
Subject: Re: [hylafax-users] FW: Multiple PCI modems?


> On 2002.07.19 09:15 Andrew Chan wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
> Why not just save yourself the trouble and use PCI hardware modems (hey,
> no Linmodem driver!).  MultiTech, Zoom, USR, etc. make them.  About
> US$60-100.  Sure it's not $4 each, but hey - it's a real modem, not just
> an RJ-11 connector with a driver.

I agree with Lee, get some hardware modems. I don't know how many you can
fit into a system, I guess a lot depends if Linux can handle two serial
ports sharing an IRQ. If you check out ebay, you can get a real hardware
modem for ~$30. I see a lot of sellers that have a bunch to sell, so you
could probably work out a good deal.

Erick


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