Problems with Fax-Recieiving (Gert, please respond!)
Gert Doering (gert@greenie.muc.de)
Fri, 22 Oct 1999 09:51:00 +0200
Hi,
On Fri, Oct 22, 1999 at 01:44:52AM -0400, Brax Sisco wrote:
> I am trying to "sell" my boss on Linux, and he is pretty impressed so
> far. But I have been having MAJOR problems getting fax receiveing to
> work reliably. I am using a 3com/U.S. Robotics internal Faxmodem, which
> I 'believe' is supposed to be one of the better/best modems for handling
> Class 2.0 fax. We are not (and likely will not) be using it for fax
> sending, only receiving.
This is the problem - the 3com/USRs are quite good for *sending* faxes,
amazing for sending and receiving data calls, but not-so-good for fax
reception - sometimes they just goof up, and there doesn't seem to be
anything mgetty can do about it :-(
[..]
> I don't know if the problem is the modem, the mgetty software, or
> maybe problems with my setup of the config files. Basically, I would
> just like it to work with no problems. If there is a better modem for
> fax reception than the 3com, we will buy it! Money is no object (sort
> of)... It's just that I am really hyping linux to my boss, and this is
> making me (and linux) look bad. I have been using linux for a long
> time, and I feel that I DO know what I am doing, but I just can't get
> this working 100%. I would be happy with it working 85-90%, but I'm not
> even getting that. Maybe it is something I'm doing wrong, please note
> that I am not intending to bitch or to flame.
You should be able to get a ZyXEL 1496E, or maybe one of the newer ones
(2864). Dunno about the ELSAs.
My personal long-time favourite for *perfect* fax reception is the ZyXEL
1496E - downside is that data is slow (only up to 14.4).
gert
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