Modem server (voice mail / fax)

Matrixmonkey · n00b Joined: 18 Apr 2003 Posts: 43 Location: Bradford,UK

does any body have any idea's where to get info on this
or know how to set one up?

thanks
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KingTaco · Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2004 12:58 am Post subject:

asterisk
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Matrixmonkey · n00b Joined: 18 Apr 2003 Posts: 43 Location: Bradford,UK

asterisk ???
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nobspangle · Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2004 12:22 pm Post subject:

asterisk

Matrixmonkey · n00b Joined: 18 Apr 2003 Posts: 43 Location: Bradford,UK

ahhh now i get you

Asterisk

hehehehe

looking at wiki and that site it looks like it need a special kinda modem ?
won't a normal voice modem work?
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nobspangle · Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2004 2:46 pm Post subject:

voice modems are reliant on their windows drivers to make them work. Under windows the voice modem part of the modem appears as a sound device.
I'm not sure if you'll find a modem with the same functionallity in Linux.
Asterisk is using the inbuilt telephony support of the linux kernel, to connect to a POTS or ISDN line you need a special card.

BCC · n00b Joined: 28 Apr 2004 Posts: 51

One other option is to use vgetty (included in the mgetty package)
It might be older and lighter than Asterisk. It might be easier to configure too.
Quick and dirty way to get vgetty to work is :