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  • Virtual Soft Modem?

    From Dux@1:103/705 to All on Monday, March 01, 2021 22:14:02
    Sorry if this isn't the correct forum, but I'm curious if anyone has -- and my terms may be all wrong here -- a virtual soft modem running with a VOIP provider?

    Essentially I'm wondering if there is a way to setup my BBS to accept analog dial-up users without actually running analog hardware on the server -- completely virtualizing the modem and phone line.

    Obviously a niche thing, but would be fun to dial a phone and know that the training tone I hear is from my system.

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  • From Mortifis@1:103/705 to Dux on Wednesday, March 03, 2021 12:04:53
    Sorry if this isn't the correct forum, but I'm curious if anyone has -- and my terms may be all wrong here -- a virtual soft modem running with a VOIP provider?


    VOIP data is a tricky thing ... here is a decent starting point: https://www.voip-info.org/modem-over-voip/

    Essentially I'm wondering if there is a way to setup my BBS to accept analog dial-up users without actually running analog hardware on the server -- completely virtualization the modem and phone line.


    I'd say that once you have a stable VOIP modem and Provider, using sexpots should be easy. http://wiki.synchro.net/util:sexpots

    Obviously a niche thing, but would be fun to dial a phone and know that the training tone I hear is from my system.

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    ya, that was the sound that made it a bit more exciting to call out to a bbs .. of coarse, you could just play a modem.wav when callers connect :)

    hope this helps a bit,

    ~mortifis


    ~Ephram

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  • From Ragnarok@1:103/705 to Dux on Saturday, March 06, 2021 12:47:58
    El 1/3/21 a las 19:14, Dux escribió:
    Sorry if this isn't the correct forum, but I'm curious if anyone has -- and my terms may be all wrong here -- a virtual soft modem running with a VOIP provider?

    Essentially I'm wondering if there is a way to setup my BBS to accept analog dial-up users without actually running analog hardware on the server -- completely virtualizing the modem and phone line.

    Obviously a niche thing, but would be fun to dial a phone and know that the training tone I hear is from my system.

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    You can test with iaxmodem. I use it to send/rec. fax, you must need
    iax2 instead of sip

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