Dial-in server with FC

[Gavin Henry]

On Thursday 14 Jul 2005 23:50, Justin Zygmont wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Jul 2005, M.Hockings wrote:
> > Gavin Henry wrote:
> >>> So unless someone has a good idea how to get the modem in either of
> >>> these boxes to talk with Linux I'm planning on rebooting the FC3 box
> >>> into Windows and setting it up there.  Less reliable I know but I know
> >>> it can talk to the modem.
> >>>
> >>> Mike
> >>>
> >>> BTW, as a reference I saw that a modem like the Intel one sells for $12
> >>> with Windows drivers & extra goodies.
> >>
> >> Just grab a 3Com U.S Robotics 56K one off of ebay.
> >>
> >> If you can't find one. I'll sell you one for $18 (£10~) plus postage, as
> >> we have around four sitting for the next server we setup for Out-Of-Band
> >> access.
> >
> > Thanks for the offer Gavin, I appreciate it but I expect that this place
> > would want to buy new.  On the bright side I think I may have found a
> > Trendware external modem in the $40 price range.  In any case I have to
> > put this on hold for a while and attend to some more pressing stuff right
> > now.
> >
> > Would any of the internal USR modems be OK or just the external serial
> > versions?
>
> i'd recommend using an external modem if this is going to be for a
> server.  This way it will be guaranteed to work with linux, and you can
> power cycle the modem without rebooting the server.  There are many things
> you can do with mgetty, including incoming voice mail, fax, PPP, all on
> the same phone line.


I agree. My earlier recommendation was purely due to the fact the the OP asked 
for an internal modem.

Gavin.

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