The externals shouldn't have a problem as they're 100% hardware based. I'm staring at one on cdw for $99. Sent from my BlackBerry wireless handheld. -----Original Message----- From: Nick <list at everywhereinternet.com> Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2007 12:33:01 To:CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> Subject: Re: [CentOS] Mgetty for out of band management - which modem? 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... _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS at centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos