StarTech.com USB 2.0 Fax Modem - 56K External Hardware Dial Up V.92 Modem/ Dongle/Adapter - Computer/Laptop Fax Modem - USB to Telephone Jack - USB Data Modem - Network Fax/CMR/POS, TAA (USB56KEMH2)

The documentation is a bit sketchy one location says it works for 10.6 and below, other location says it works for 10.9 through 10.12. I had 10.8.5 installed on an old Mac and it just works fine.Note - it will not appear in the list of printers when you open the printer setup - click the add printer and it will show up there as "fax".I tested it with dropbox service (hellofax) and the resolution is quite high - both ways.The Mac can also receive faxes, save them, print them or email them automatically.One thing that is missing - it does not generates and official receipt as paper fax machines do (but there is a list of sent faxes if you click the fax "printer" icon (with the print queue etc.)Overall create value for Money.I can also see it appearing as /dev/ttyACM0 dialout without installing any drivers (Ububtu 22.04) but have tested it yet - would also be nice to see if it works on the Raspberry PiNote - it will not work with IP phone - but it does work with Vonage phone to IP adapter (no sure if they still make those) as it emulates analog phone, and does not filter out too much of the signal -- speed may be affected though.

This is a hardware-based, voice compatible modem which makes things like faxing or emulating a dial-up ISP POP (for things like the SEGA DreamCast's homebrew 'DreamPi' solution) possible. Often times people recommend used but commonly available modems, however a new solution is nice to have and integral for making these dial-up adaptation solutions viable.If the voice does not work you may have an older version, contact StarTech directly for a firmware update. Typically the newer batches should just plug and play, mine did. This is also Linux compatible even though it's not stated on the box.The chipsets from 2022 to the time of writing this have not changed, so this should be a consistent solution. A great purchase.

Don't buy this. I can't even successfully used once. After installing the driver and started the Fax service, it slowed down my computer. There is no driver update. I have to restore my system from a backup.

I picked this up so that I could start using my homelab to screen my calls. Wasn't sure if it would work 1) on a Synology NAS 2) in Docker and 3) specifically with the CallAttendant app, but I gave it a shot anyways.It succeeded on all 3 of those things (after installing the synocommunity USB drivers package)Now I have a docker container running that screens my calls and blocks robocallers! Sweet!lsusb shows this modem as the following:0572:1349:0100 02 1.10 12MBit/s 100mA 2IFs (Conexant USB Modem 24680246)

I purchased this device in order to be able to send FAXs securely and w/o charge or subscription. Installation was easy once I figured out which driver to install on my wife's Windows 10 computer. Select "Windows 8" from the menu offerings on the installation utility (which should auto-run from the install CD that comes with the unit).Once the drivers were installed, Windows seemed to know how to connect to the device. We had a ten page PDF document that we needed to FAX. While viewing the document inside the PDF viewer, I just selected "File," "Print" and then selected "Fax" from the available printers. A new dialog box popped up where I was able to enter the telephone number to send the fax to. I entered the number (digits only, no separating dashes) and pressed the "Send" button in the dialog box. After a few seconds a new box appeared on the screen where progress of the call and fax transmission was shown. The LEDs on the device also light up and the "Data" LED flashes to indicate when data is being transmitted.I saw it mentioned in some reviews that the sound of the handshake and/or the FAX transmission can be heard through the computer's speaker(s). This does not seem to be the case for our installation, or at least not so far. I suppose it's possible that I overlooked a setting to enable sound somewhere in the setup but, now that I know the thing works, I'm not really interested in hearing this anyway.I can't comment on the dial-up modem capability of this unit because I no longer subscribe to any dial-up provider but this is a nice compact little device that would be easy to include in most laptop or netbook carry bags and it seems to work just fine for the purpose of sending documents by way of FAX and an analog telephone line. I also can't comment (at least not so far) on this device's capability of receiving FAXs. It's doubtful we will ever need to use it for that purpose so that's not something I'm interested in exploring at this time. If I ever have occassion to use it (or attempt to us it) for that purpose, I might post an update explaining how that went.I knock off one star because the installation program didn't show a driver selection for Windows 10 and the printed instructions that came with the device didn't explain which driver to select when installing on a Windows 10 machine either. It was only after visiting the support page on the StarTech website and seeing a driver there listed as "Windows 8/10" that I realized I should try selecting the Windows 8 driver in the install program. Had I not bothered to check further, I might have concluded from the supplied documentation and installer package options, that this device would not work with Windows 10 and would have returned it. StarTech would do well to update their install program or at least the printed instructions that they are packaging with this device.I hope this review is helpful.

Does not work with win 10

Bought this little fax modem in August of 2022 but didn't hook it up until May of 2023. Easy hook-up. Phone cable in one end, the computer in the other. Though it comes with a disk of drivers, it wasn't required for my Windows 10 and 11 devices. They automatically recognized the modem. This is great as most newer computers do not have disk drives. Startech should update the enclosed Quick start guide.The modem worked on my Windows 10 devices, one being a Tablet. Not so lucky with Windows 11. I emailed Startech technical support and in a couple of days, received a reply with a list of suggestions of things to try. Once I had made contact with a tech guy, he responded overnight to my questions. I found their technical support was great to work with. It ended up the issue was not the Startech modem and Windows 11. It was Windows 11 and Windows Fax and Scan software compatibility.As for the modem, it's small, appears well designed/made and "take it with you" compact. I would definitely purchase it again.For others having Windows 11 issues, before sending it back as defective, trying running Fax and Scan as Administrator. Solved my problems.