VMWare

[Warren Togami]

The requirements of running VMWare are very high.  If you wish you run it
only for WinFax, the rest of your Linux system performance will be severely
diminished, unless you have two fast CPU's and a ton of RAM.  There also may
be compatibilty problems in VMWare with modems unless it is an external
modem to a real serial device.

For Linux fax systems, check these out.
http://freshmeat.net/search/?q=hylafax
http://freshmeat.net/search/?q=efax

It looks like there are a few graphical frontends to these fax systems, so
please try a few of them out.  I haven't tried any fax things yet, but I
will need to configure one of these for my mom's office soon so I'll let you
know.

----- Original Message -----
From: "W. Wayne Liauh" <LiauhW001 at Hawaii.rr.com>
To: "Linux & Unix Advocates & Users" <luau at list.luau.hi.net>
Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2001 12:45 PM
Subject: [luau] Re: VMWare


> Thanks, Warren.  I am interested in using VMWare or Win4Lin to run WinFax.
If
> anyone has experience in running a fax software (e.g., HylaFax; my need is
for
> receving only), then there is no need to try either of these.
>
>
>
> Warren Togami wrote:
>
> > VMWare's bridge network device allows communication between your Linux
and
> > Windows "machines".  You may need to create a virtual ethernet device in
> > Linux then attach the bridge to that.  You then use normal PPP in Linux
to
> > connect to the Internet, and you use normal IP masquerading on the
inside.
> > This is exactly how a normal IP masquerading firewall would work, except
the
> > internal network interface is only serving the other operating system
> > running on the same computer.  If you need help configuring all this
when
> > the time comes, please ask.
> >