Re: Card Recommendations

On Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 4:22 PM, Brian <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 11/14/2017 10:58 AM, Lee Howard wrote:
>>
>> On 11/14/2017 07:50 AM, Brian wrote:
>>>
>>> Good Day,
>>>
>>> I am building a new fax server with a dedicated T1. I see that the
>>> Brooktrout cards are not supported out of the box with the Hylafax+. What
>>> other options are available? I was hoping to avoid using asterisk/iaxmodem
>>> if possible.
>>>
>>> What I'd like is a hardware modem/card capable of taking a 2 or 4 wire T1
>>> and faxing like a champ on 12 or 24 channels ...
>>
>>
>> Brian,
>>
>> See...  http://hylafax.sourceforge.net/howto/install.php#ss2.1
>>
>> Patton 2977 and Eicon Diva Server may be options you'd want to consider.
>>
>> But, IMO sidestepping asterisk+iaxmodem is a mistake as it probably is the
>> best and most versatile solution provided that your system is not
>> resource-constrained.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Lee.
>>
> Lee,
>
> My thinking was that hardware would be more consistent, have fewer moving
> parts (easier to manage), and not as steep a learning curve as our current
> hylafax/asterisk/iaxmodem solution.
>
> Thanks for the reply!
>
> Briian
>

Although the combination of Asterisk and iaxmodem is more flexible,
I'm quite a fan of the Diva Server cards on ISDN connections.

Cheers


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