Re: modems

[Brent Harding <bharding@doorpi.net>]

Well, what method of identifying callers is usually used on pbx type
systems? I heard special phones are usually required to get the caller
info, although I don't think they always use caller ID for it, or places
would just likely use caller ID boxes, or just normal phones with the
feature. If it does use a different standard, which one, and what modem
will use it?
At 09:33 AM 3/25/02 -0600, you wrote:
>My info on the issues you bring up is about 2 years old but I think it 
>probably is still correct... Your items 2-4 below depend on your software 
>and not on the modem. For software, I think you want to go with mgetty. You 
>can probably do the things you want to do through mgetty's caller ID 
>feature. You have to have caller ID on your phone line of course.
>
>I did a little reading before I bought my modem and the prevailing wisdom 
>on the linux newsgroups was to use an external modem. An internal modem is 
>going to add a third com port to your machine. By default, com3 would be on 
>the same IRQ as com1. If you get an external modem, you can connect it to 
>com1 or com2 and avoid that problem.
>
>A friend of mine has an internal modem in his machine and he got it to work 
>by disabling com2 on the motherboard and forcing the modem to use com2. I 
>don't know how he did that though and he's on spring break now so I can't 
>ask him. I think he did it via the Windows setup program that came with the 
>modem.
>
>Anyway, I think you'll be able to do what you want through a combination of 
>an external modem and mgetty.
>
>
>At 09:27 PM 3/23/02 -0600, you wrote:
>
>>What is a good modem to get that works under linux that can do the
following:
>>1. voice/data/fax
>>2. trace the calls coming in if it's on an inside line rather than an
>>outside direct line, i.e you have to dial 9 to get an outside line.
>>3. would allow me to hook my regular phone up to it
>>4. would be able to block callers based on what number they call from.
>>I use both windows and linux, and am on a lan there, but at home, I will
>>have to go back to dialup again. I don't even use the modem in my system
>>right now, but could hook it up for blocking calls if there's no other way
>>but to let them go to voice mail and never answer any calls. *60 doesn't
>>get in to a prompt to do it, and dialing 9*60 doesn't work either.
>>Thanks.
>>
>>
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