Google for 'usb modem': https://www.google.com/search?q=usb+modem&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8
Gets it power from USB. I've used these before.
Bill
On 1/26/2016 4:56 AM, Gary Stainburn wrote:
I've just had to replace my Hylafax server as the cooling fan in the rack case has died and could not be replaced.
My box runs three fax modems, one for each of the original 3 fax machines that got skipped years ago.
This means that I now have 3 lots of:
USB to seral converter (new box doesn't have any COM ports. 9pin->25-pin serial cable Modem power supply phone line analogue port on our Mitel 3300 controller
I was wondering if there a better way?
I've done lots of Googling and there is a lot of conflicting - and mostly very old - information out there.
Does anyone have any more up-to-date opinions or advice on doing this?
Most of the concerns about reliability were based on IP latency, but my fax server and my Mitel controller are both on the same Procurv Gigabit switch so hopefully that would be quick enough