Re: [hylafax-users] Modem Recommendation

["Simon Woodhead (iPAQ)" <woodheads@gonegardening.com>]

Hi folks,

Does anyone know if this modem supports UK caller id?

Thanks a lot,
Simon

-----Original Message-----
   >From: "Bill Binko"<bill@binko.net>
   >Sent: 16/05/03 13:45:48
   >To: "'Wei Ming Long'"<WEI_Ming_Long@dsi.a-star.edu.sg>, "'>'"< <hylafax-users@hylafax.org>
   >Subject: Re: [hylafax-users] Modem Recommendation
   >
   >
   >> -----Original Message-----
   >> 
   >> Hi Everyone,
   >> I am a newbie to Hylafax and I would to seek your advice.
   >> I want to have an internal PCI modem installed and have 
   >> Hylafax use this internal modem but I have no idea which 
   >> modem to buy, 3Com(US Robotics), SMC? Can someone please give 
   >> me some advice as to which internal modem is supported by 
   >> Redhat Linux and has proven to work with Hylafax and also how 
   >> to configure this modem in Linux?
   >> 
   >> All help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks
   >
   >We recently looked at a number of PCI modems, and we decided to go with
   >the MultiTech MultiModem ZPX.  You can find info on them at:
   >http://www.multitech.com/PRODUCTS/MultiModem?ZPX/  They are a bit more
   >expensive than the other modems (they go for around $100US), but have
   >several benefits:
   >
   >33.6 kbps (aka Class 2.1/SuperG3/V.34 faxing) Support (While others have
   >56k data connections, most max out at 14.4 for fax)
   >Excellent Linux Support (including flashing their firmware through Linux
   >http://mtflashwiz.sourceforge.net/)
   >All the features we need (distinctive ring was a key one)
   >
   >We slapped three of them in one server and one in another, and have had
   >no problem with them whatsoever.
   >
   >If you want other ideas, start with this list:
   >http://www.idir.net/~gromitkc/pci_list.html
   >
   >Go with a "Controller Based" or "Full Hardware Modem".  For USR, it is
   >the "Performance Pro" modem, I'm ont familiary enough with SMC.
   >
   >One other thing to note is that there seems to be an affinity for the
   >MultiTech brand among the Hylafax developers.  It seems that MultiTech
   >has a reputation for hitting the specs pretty closely and that has
   >gained them some fans.  Interestingly, there are notes in MultiTech's
   >manuals that seem that the admiration goes both ways: they mention
   >feature of "some fax server software" such as "adaptive answer" by name.
   >
   >That is a very non-scientific benefit, but we've found it to be an
   >important one when we use open-source software.  The hardware used by
   >the most developers (not end users) gets supported first and best.
   >
   >Good Luck
   >Bill
   >
   >
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