Using many modems

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Hi,

On Wed, Nov 04, 1998 at 07:57:39PM +0100, Oliver Sturm wrote:
> > 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. 

This is very easy: make sure that your "telephone system" sends RINGs
only to *one* modem at a time.  If that one is busy, use the next one.

Having all modems RING at the same time is a bad idea for obvious reasons
(locking, lots of failed calls, modem reinitialization dead time, etc.).

Effectively, make your telephone system view the modems as a "hunt group" 

gert
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