-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 02/04/08 06:18, Russell L. Harris wrote: > * Pantor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [080204 04:07]: >> Douglas A. Tutty wrote: >>> On Mon, Feb 04, 2008 at 08:28:06AM +0900, David Palmer wrote: >>> > >>>> Or provide yourself with a fax facility. >>> Especially handy if tied up with an LPD spool. Makes someone's fax >>> machine as easy as the printer beside you. > ... > >> That is allright, but how to make modem working? > > If the modem is an internal modem, it most likely is a "winmodem", in > which case the only sane course of action is to remove it. Then, > physically destroy it, so that it does not cause grief to anyone else. > > If you wish to have a very nice and robust fax capability for both > receiving and sending, get a US Robotics Sportster external faxmodem > (very inexpensive, inasmuch as many are being retired as people switch > from dial-up to DSL), attach it to a serial port, and then install the > hylafax package.
The USR 5610C is an internal "hard" modem. And because it's internal, there's no need for extra wires, a wall-wart power supplies, etc. http://www.usr.com/products/modem/modem-product.asp?sku=USR5610c > Configuration of the hylafax package takes two or three minutes; > simply accept the defaults, and then enter your own telephone number > and name. > > You may find helpful the document "Linux Fax Server: How to Set up Hylafax" > (www.aboutdebian.com/fax.htm). > > RLH > > - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA PETA - People Eating Tasty Animals -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHpw1kS9HxQb37XmcRAjr7AJsGKJwt8ykoKvht+c3gvVNxVNL1bQCfVq85 6F6cNkpJMpKiPKaJTjD3WN8= =9R2o -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]