Dial-in server with FC

[Justin Zygmont]

On Thu, 14 Jul 2005, M.Hockings wrote:

> Gavin Henry wrote:
>>> So unless someone has a good idea how to get the modem in either of
>>> these boxes to talk with Linux I'm planning on rebooting the FC3 box
>>> into Windows and setting it up there.  Less reliable I know but I know
>>> it can talk to the modem.
>>> 
>>> Mike
>>> 
>>> BTW, as a reference I saw that a modem like the Intel one sells for $12
>>> with Windows drivers & extra goodies.
>> 
>> 
>> Just grab a 3Com U.S Robotics 56K one off of ebay.
>> 
>> If you can't find one. I'll sell you one for $18 (£10~) plus postage, as we 
>> have around four sitting for the next server we setup for Out-Of-Band 
>> access.
>> 
>
> Thanks for the offer Gavin, I appreciate it but I expect that this place 
> would want to buy new.  On the bright side I think I may have found a 
> Trendware external modem in the $40 price range.  In any case I have to put 
> this on hold for a while and attend to some more pressing stuff right now.
>
> Would any of the internal USR modems be OK or just the external serial 
> versions?

i'd recommend using an external modem if this is going to be for a 
server.  This way it will be guaranteed to work with linux, and you can 
power cycle the modem without rebooting the server.  There are many things 
you can do with mgetty, including incoming voice mail, fax, PPP, all on 
the same phone line.