I am starting to lose it... tried third modem now under linux. I had the USR 5610b in another pc and everyone recommends it for linux, I installed it and the linux driver. when the network config wizard is run it goes directly to the account set up... NOW WHAT? I have tried wvdial and linuxconf neither will install, KPPP will not activate. What do I do to get this thing to connect? Please help I have been scouring google for 3 days trying to figure this out. I know windows is satan but at least I can get online... thanks........................

What wont install with wvdial....is it not on one of your installation CDs? What error is KPPP throwing up? If you start it from an xterm, it should provide more output. Make sure that /dev/modem is pointing to the correct com port. com1=/dev/ttyS0 com2=/dev/ttyS1 com3=/dev/ttyS2 com4=/dev/ttyS3 You can check with "ls -l /dev/modem" KPPP and other programs often by default point to /dev/modem. If it doesn't exist, you can create it: # ln -s /dev/ttyS0 /dev/modem Obviously replacing ttyS0 with the correct one for your system. Another useful program for diagnosing modem faults is minicom....a little like windoze hyperterminal.

Kppp just closes down when I start it in a terminal, I have wvdial and linuxconf on cds I dowloadedbut neither will install from the rpm, the terminal just closes. please help... thank you

So what happens if you switch to a console (eg Alt&Ctrl&F1), log in as root and then install the rpm: # rpm -ivh /mnt/cdrom/....../wvdial.x.x.rpm ?

when using wvdial I get the message: cannot open /dev/modem: Input/output error. What can I try? thanks again

sean That modem uses ttyS4 (COM 5). To get mine working in Mandrake 9.1 I did the following in a console after a su to root: cd /dev setserial -g ttyS4 rm -f /dev/modem ln -s /dev/ttyS4 /dev/modem Then kppp and configure it for dev/modem As I recall, I also had to install setserial first. If that works, please post. Regards ... RIS

I got it! I used the "wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf" command. Then when it configured the modem I went into the network configuration wizard and edited the hardware setting for the modem to read from ".dev/ttyS4" as it showed up on Wvdial. Now how the hell do I connect to the ISP? I was hoping Netzero's free service would let me as I now have Optimum Online and no longer have dialup (the OOL modem doesn't support USB, [unless someone has a way around that] and the pc has no ethernet card. Any Ideas?? Thanks again