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hello,
I'm searching for a modem/fax fully supported by linux, I'd prefer a internal one, it has to have a fax in it.
any recommendations?
Thanks.
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any other options as it will cost me twice to the fee to ship it to me as I don't live in the U.S.?
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I know it's quite expensive, but it's not easy to find a PCI or PCIe HW fax/modem controller: most of them are cheap soft-modem (or WinModem) with unknown Linux support.
You may try with e-bay for a better price... |
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| kite14 wrote: | I know it's quite expensive, but it's not easy to find a PCI or PCIe HW fax/modem controller: most of them are cheap soft-modem (or WinModem) with unknown Linux support.
You may try with e-bay for a better price... |
ordering it and shipping to my home will cost 80$, more than twice the cost.
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There's more universal support for serial fax modems (because the can't be winmodems). At the same time, they're really cheap on eBay. Do you have serial ports? If so, they might be a more economical solution for you.
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| John R. Graham wrote: | There's more universal support for serial fax modems (because the can't be winmodems). At the same time, they're really cheap on eBay. Do you have serial ports? If so, they might be a more economical solution for you.
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com ports? maybe on the mb, I'd rather have an internal solution then external
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- Exactly like you want.
- Cheap.
- Highest compatibility.
Choose any two. 
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| John R. Graham wrote: | - Exactly like you want.
- Cheap.
- Highest compatibility.
Choose any two.
- John |
can you provide an example?
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Not really; it was just a (perhaps not too funny) joke. You asked for a solution and @kite14 provided one. You complained about the cost and I provided a cheaper alternative, admittedly one that didn't meet all of your preferences, and you complained about that. Don't know where to go from there.
One additional technical point. Some people prefer external modems because it keeps phone line surges a little further away from the expensive stuff.
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| John R. Graham wrote: | Not really; it was just a (perhaps not too funny) joke. You asked for a solution and @kite14 provided one. You complained about the cost and I provided a cheaper alternative, admittedly one that didn't meet all of your preferences, and you complained about that. Don't know where to go from there.
One additional technical point. Some people prefer external modems because it keeps phone line surges a little further away from the expensive stuff.
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ok, what external solutions can suit me?
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Here's one for five bucks.
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| Here a new one, for 15€ + 5€ handling & shipping (the item is in the Netherlands). |
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Nope. Key words are "Software Faxmodem". Means that much of the modem functionality lives in the Windows drivers.
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Yep, that one should be fine.
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