[CentOS] Mgetty for out of band management - which modem?

[Nick]

gjgowey at tmo.blackberry.net wrote:
> Any external modem will fit what you need.  The $99 Sportster on cdw will be more than capable of doing what you want.  I too own a Courier, but these days there's really no point in getting one.  You'll never have a phone line screwed up enough to demand that much firepower.
>
>   
For some reason no one seems to sell them down here in Australia. I just 
found a serial Dlink modem though that might work... Thanks for your help.

ftp://files.dlink.com.au/products/DFM-562E/Datasheet/DFM-562E_datasheet_02.pdf


> Geoff
>
> Sent from my BlackBerry wireless handheld.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nick <list at everywhereinternet.com>
>
> Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2007 14:03:16 
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> Subject: Re: [CentOS] Mgetty for out of band management - which modem?
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>
> Robert wrote:
>   
>> Nick wrote:
>>     
>>> gjgowey at tmo.blackberry.net wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Why not just go with a USB to serial converter and a good ol' US
>>>> robotics external modem?
>>>>
>>>> Geoff
>>>> Sent from my BlackBerry wireless handheld.
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Nick <list at everywhereinternet.com>
>>>>
>>>> Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2007 12:01:39 To:centos at centos.org
>>>> Subject: [CentOS] Mgetty for out of band management - which modem?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> We're thinking of using Mgetty and a modem to allow us some out of band
>>>> management access to sites if the ADSL connection fails...
>>>>
>>>> Just wondered if anyone had a recommended USB modem they've used on
>>>> Centos/Mgetty as Hayes compatible serial modems seem to be quite rare
>>>> these days?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> The box actually has a serial port on it... problem is finding the
>>> serial modems! The USR stuff (now 3com) seems to be software based
>>> and won't (apparently) work with mgetty...
>>>       
>> From the late '80s, well into the '90s, keeping up with USR model
>> numbers was almost a full-time undertaking.
>> I own both an internal Sportster and an External Courier v.everything,
>> both of which are real hardware modems.
>> USR built several internal models carrying the "Sportsman" name that
>> were, indeed, Winmodems.  They also made internal Couriers but AFAIK,
>> they were all real hardware modems.  Best bet is an external courier
>> v.everything. There were many internal Winmodems built but AFAIK,
>> there were no Courier Winmodems and certainly, no external Winmodems.
>> There are a handful for sale on ebay right now.
>>
>>     
>
> Thanks for that, might help me out of the immediate requirements. So
> does that mean theres nothing made now that works for this? How do
> people do out of band mgmt these days then?
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