Modem questions

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HI,

Griz Inabnit wrote:
>      As you can see, I live in the U.S. Subsequently, we have a LOT of
> strange and amazing equipment to chose from over here......
> 
> 
> 	My question concerns determining which modems to purchase for my LINUX
> systems. I just purchased a Harmony 56K voice/fax/data modem that has the
> Texas Instrument chipset as the firmware.
> 
> 	I have yet to do anything other than standard PPP and straight dial-in
> (via mgetty). But I am wanting to incorporate Marc's vgetty, and also use
> it for incoming/outgoing faxes. Therefore, my questions....

There is no recommendation for "fast data / reliable fax / voice" at the
moment.

The nearest fit will be an ELSA modem, but their fax part is not "perfect"
(but quite good).

Besides this, look at the current Recommendations, found in the mgetty
FAQ:
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MODEM Recommendations for use with mgetty/vgetty
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What modem to recommend depends on your needs.  There are very few modems
that handle fax + data + voice perfectly, but quite a number that are
well suited for two of the categories, and less good (or sometimes not
at all) for the third.

For Fax+Data:  
    * USR Courier V.34/X.2 (no voice)

For FAX+Voice: 
    * ZyXEL 1496 (data only up to 19200, but best fax implementation)

For Data+Voice:
    * USR Sportster VI series (fax implementation is VERY bad)
 
For FAX+DATA+Voice
    * ZyXEL 2864
    * MultiTech MT2834ZDXv
    * ELSA MicroLink TQV series (fax is not perfect, but works ok)

Last updated: February 1998
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> 	How can I tell if mgetty/vgetty will recognize, utilize, and have full
> functionality of a modem? 

You can't, without getting one that is *known* to work.

> Is there a particular ATI command? or firmware
> set? etc? that I should be looking for?

Avoid cheap modems.

> 	Yes, I am a member of the mailing list, but I've found that the HOTMAIL
> servers I am using are blocked as a SPAMMER. (damnit!)

So don't use hotmail.com servers.

gert
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