Thanks Jacques for the information. Much appreciated. ram On 9/9/07, Jacques Goldberg <Jacques.Goldberg@xxxxxxx > wrote: Dear Ramnarayan K 1-To your internal HSF modem: scanModem has written a file Conexant.txt which says everything about how to make this driver work. Note that the free version is limited 10 14.4 kbauds and does not support FAX. Note also, in that note, that you can pay (I suggest, later, once you have checked that the limited driver works in your computer) to release the speed and FAX limitations. Also note and read a remark about the availability of the unlimited version on the maintenance site for Dell computers. This could possibly make your PCMCIA card unnecessary unless you need cellular phone connectivity. 2-To your PCMCIA card: scanModem is intended for internal PCI modems only. To make use of PCMCIA cards under Linux, the reference is http://tldp.org/HOWTO/PCMCIA-HOWTO.html This "official" document, not updated since 2003, shows your modem as unsupported. Rob Clark's updated table at http://xmodem.org/modems/pcmcia_list.html shows the same but gives a name and e-mail address for somebody who knows about this modem under Linux. Jacques