Fax Modems?

[geoffrey mendelson]

On Mar 9, 2009, at 2:18 PM, Moshe Brace using Yahoo wrote:

>
> I have a feeling that most of the PCI fax cards are really Windows  
> type fax cards and won't work with Linux. Therefore an external Fax  
> Modem would be preferential. This is a kin to the problem  with ADSL  
> or Cable Modem where an external router or certain external modems  
> work. But a lot of homework needs to be done which will support.  
> Maybe those using Mac computers will do the job.
> Moshe


PCI modems are indeed HAM (host assited modems) which are no longer  
supported
in Linux.  Some models were supported in 2.4 kernels, but not all  
chipsets and not
all kernels. When mine died, I found that I had two that were  
supported, but the driver
would not compile with my kernel.

Serial modems are still supported, if you can find one and have a  
serial port.

Are USB modems supported?

Geoff.
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