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yrrag
07-05-2006, 10:02 AM
Hi,
Is it possible to use VOIP to test Modems using Passmark ModemTest, instead of normal analog phone lines.
I was thinking of, say, having two VOIP lines connected to two notebooks and use the master and slave setup in ModemTest to test both modems.
I will have a volume of Modems to test each day - so using analog phone lines to call a number of times each day is not cost effective. Calling VOIP to VOIP is free.
Have you any idea if this idea will work?

Thanks in advance. :shock:

passmark
07-05-2006, 12:28 PM
Most VoIP systems would not have a analogue connector to allow you to connect a modem.

Even if a particular VoIP system did, the VoIP supplier, the modem manufacturer as well as the modem standards probably would have never taken this scenario into account. So if you did find a fault, you wouldn't know who to blame.

A better plan would to be to purchase an old PABX system (with analogue lines, not digitial lines nor ISDN lines) or a analogue POTS line simulator.

Have a look on E-Bay for 2nd hand gear if you are on a tight budget.

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David