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Re: [LUG] Fax/Voice server software

 

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Rob Beard wrote:
| Hi folks,
|
| I've recently aquired an old IBM Aptiva P2-266 PC.  Since its a low spec
| (and the fact I already have too many PCs in the house!) I've decided to
| turn it into a fax server.  It already has Windows 95 with fax software
| included but I'd rather use Linux on it, and I'd also like to be able to
| send/recieve faxes and voice mail messages from any of the computers on
| my network (mixture of WinXP, Suse 9.2 and MacOS X 10.2).
|
| I was wondering if anyone could suggest such a package which would be
| suitable for this?
|
| The main feature I want is to be able to send and receive faxes, but if
| I can get it to answer the phone too and collect messages and e-mail
| them to me then that would be good too.
|
| The PC spec is a P2-266, 384MB 66MHz memory (hence why I haven't swapped
| it out into my main server), 4GB IDE hard drive, CD-ROM (unknown speed,
| 32 speed I think), ATI Rage 8MB on board video card and a 56k ISA modem
| (I'm not sure if it is a Winmodem or not, but I have a spare 33k ISA
| modem lying around too).
|
| I'm also wondering what sort of distro would be suitable for this spec
| of machine, I don't think I'd be running KDE or Gnome on it, and if I
| was it would only be remotely once in a while.
|
| Rob
|

Asterisk would be my first choice...
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