Using many modems

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Stan Tomlinson wrote:
> 
> Oliver,
> 
> You need one phone line for each modem.  If you want them
> to answer on the "same" number, tell your phone service you
> want "hunting".  With hunting, if a phone line is busy, an
> incoming call will be routed to the next line in the "hunt"
> group.
> 
I think I wasn't precise enough... I have all modems attached to a
telephone system which already takes care that the modems can all be
reached via the same number from the outside. What I want to do is
configure the server as a fax-system which can receive a great number of
faxes at the same time. But I don't want to tell everyone who is going
to send me a fax several different numbers. 

What happens now is that all modems receive a ring signal in exactly the
same moment. What I would like to have is some configuration option that
can tell mgetty (or the several separate instances, that is), that if
several calls arrive in the same <amount of time, maybe half a second>,
only one of the modems receiving the RING should answer the call, not
all at the same time (that's what happens now ;()

Well, that's my idea of a possible solution. I thought there might be
some option in existence for that purpose. 

Hope I made myself clear ?!?


> Stan
> 
> > I have a problem when trying to use several modems (even only two) which
> > answer to the same number. I want someone to be able to call that number
> > and any modem to take the call.
> >
> > Problem is the following: If I have two modems answering the call after
> > the first ring, the modems kind of collide. The effect is (according to
> > log-files), that both modems answer the call simultaniously, one of them
> > does the synchronisation with the other end, the the _other_ modem gets
> > to receive the incoming fax. (?????)
> > I have logfiles to document this (unwanted?) behaviour.

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MfG, 

Oliver Sturm

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