Re: modem?

by mcneill(at)essex1.com (John Dylan McNeill)

 Date:  Sat, 29 Apr 2000 02:28:52 -0500
 To:  <hwg-servers(at)hwg.org>
 In-Reply-To:  newbie
  todo: View Thread, Original
Perhaps easier to go with a hardware modem sharing/pooling like WebRamp 
www.webramp.net, hook up two or three modems to it for dialout or dialin 
(to access LAN).  Nicer models have multiplexing modems (up to 3 56k 
connections will at least double your speed).


At 05:20 PM 04/28/2000 -0600, Davis Lee wrote:
>I had some trouble getting this through before so...
>
>Does anyone have experience running mutiple modem connections out of NT
>Server 4.0?  The client has four phone lines, two used for voice, one for
>fax, and one for internet access.  When multiple users all try to hit a 57K
>connection at once, it gets really slow.  We'd like to set it up so that the
>fax line is available for internet access unless/until it needs to fax in or
>out, at which point the fax would automatically get priority.  Yes, ISDN is
>something we need to check into, but here in rural New Mexico we're a little
>behind the curve.  Comments?  Suggestions?
>
>TIA,
>Davis

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J.Dylan McNeill
University of Illinois Extension, Northwest Region Office
Extension Educator, Computer Services
309.792.8151 ext.204
mcneilld(at)mail.aces.uiuc.edu
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