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 > To:CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Mgetty for out of band management - which modem? > > > 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? > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >