asterisk users - Nov 2004 - Asterisk on a notebook: Modem = FXO?

Hi,
I've got a (maybe stupid) question:
I'd like to install Asterisk on my notebook (just to play around with 
it). Is my internal phone modem equivalent to an FXO port? Hence, could 
I make phonecalls to my pots-line with it?

thanks
philipp

On Mon, 2004-11-29 at 17:46 +0100, Philipp Ebneter
wrote:
> Hi,
> I've got a (maybe stupid) question:
> I'd like to install Asterisk on my notebook (just to play around with 
> it). Is my internal phone modem equivalent to an FXO port? Hence, could 
> I make phonecalls to my pots-line with it?
While yes your modem is an FXO port, it is highly unlikely you will get
a driver for that modem working with asterisk. Your best option for a
laptop would be to consider a VoIP appliance that would provide FXO or
FXS ports for the laptop. 
-- 
Steven Critchfield <critch@basesys.com>

Philipp Ebneter wrote:
> Hi,
> I've got a (maybe stupid) question:
> I'd like to install Asterisk on my notebook (just to play around with 
> it). Is my internal phone modem equivalent to an FXO port? Hence, 
> could I make phonecalls to my pots-line with it?
>
> thanks
> philipp

If the modem has an Intel 537 chipset ( or 517? ), I don't see why not. 

But that's just a guess.  :)

Sean