Topic: Brooktrout faxboard

[guestHH]

Anybody using a brouktrout faxboard (Trufax 200 PCI) on SME 5.X  ?

Like to know if there are any pitfalls

Regards,
guestHH

[Lloyd Keen]

You might be treading into dangerous waters here. There doesn't appear to be any support for Linux on their website and the card doesn't appear to behave like a normal fax/modem. I just bought a Perle pci-ras 4 port modem card to be used under Hylafax for US$100 and it goes like a dream. Might be better to look for a multi-modem card or digi 4/8 port serial card rather than this one. It may save you a lot of heartache. Just my AUD$0.02 worth

[guestHH]

Thanks LIoyd,

I too came to the conclusion _not_ to use the brooktrout card.

Reading through the hylafax mailarchives and after intesive googling it all had "dont do that!" written all over it

ps. Do you have link to the Perle product?

Thanks.

[Lloyd Keen]

Here's the link http://www.perle.com/products/prod_family/modem_cards/pci_ras.html but they are pricey brand new, better off checking out ebay (That's where I got mine) The other option is a multi-port serial card with standard modems hanging off it. BTW the pci-ras didn't need any config at all, there is full support for the card under the 2.4 kernel. I had to tweak the ports a bit using setserial but that was trivial. I also grabbed a digi Xr 920 4 port serial card out here in Oz which I'm going to start testing.