From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 12 10:00:21 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F92116A4CF for ; Thu, 12 Aug 2004 10:00:21 +0000 (GMT) Received: from frontend1.messagingengine.com (frontend1.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.30]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3B9743D45 for ; Thu, 12 Aug 2004 10:00:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from judmarc@fastmail.fm) X-Sasl-enc: opZ6aL5jkf2cyGpDq0Sibw 1092304817 Received: from sparky (24.229.152.161.res-cmts.sm.ptd.net [24.229.152.161]) by frontend1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C7ECC140D8; Thu, 12 Aug 2004 06:00:15 -0400 (EDT) To: "Peter Risdon" , "Suhaimi Jamalludin" References: <20040812041845.92560.qmail@web53402.mail.yahoo.com> <411B3377.80802@circlesquared.com> Message-ID: Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 06:01:42 -0400 From: Jud Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; delsp=yes; charset=utf-8 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <411B3377.80802@circlesquared.com> User-Agent: Opera M2/7.60 (Win32, build 7127) cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recommended PCI Modem for FreeBSD + HylaFax X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 10:00:21 -0000 On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 10:08:07 +0100, Peter Risdon wrote: > Suhaimi Jamalludin wrote: >> Hi All, >> I'm using FreeBSD 5.2.1 on my Intel Server Board >> SE7501WV2 machine. I have a request from my users to >> setup a FaxServer on this machine. I'm planning to buy >> a PCI Modem for this machine and Install HylaFAX on >> it. >> Can anybody advice me or recommended which PCI Modem >> that can work perfectly with FreeBSD 5.2.1 and >> HylaFax? > > Hi, > > This isn't a direct answer to your question, but since you do not yet > have a modem, and assuming you have a spare port on the machine, it is > generally much easier to work with an external modem. Going one step further, external serial modems generally work "out of the box," while I have read several posts to this list asking about various problems with USB modems. Back to the original question, ISTR that a USRobotics "Performance Pro" PCI modem worked for me under the early 4.x versions of FreeBSD. Jud