Using many modems

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On Wed, 4 Nov 1998, Oliver Sturm wrote:

> 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. 

To receive multiple faxes at the same time, you'll need to have multiple
telephone numbers which act as a "hunt group" - the phone company will hunt
down a non-busy line.  

Your PBX then rings a handset or a group of handsets.  Of course, you have
modems plugged in, not handsets.  No matter.  You need to configure your PBX
to ring only one of the modems for a particular incoming call.  Of course,
you'll want the PBX to hunt for a non-busy modem.  A decent PBX should be
able to do these things.

Good luck!

Randy