Denver, scanModem reports that your modem is supported by slamr which is provided in slmodem-2.9.11-20090222.tar.gz and ungrab-winmodem-20090716.tar.gz. But you can even do better than that with a preloaded slamr found in http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/smartlink/Ubuntu/slamr-2.6.28-11-generic.tar.gz Do download it, copy it to your linux partition and extract it $ tar -zxvf slamr-2.6.28-11-generic.tar.gz run $ sudo ./setup and everything should be ready to go, except installation of wvdial which was not found on your system according to scanModem. Predictive diagnostics for card in bus 00:0b.0: Modem chipset detected on NAME="Modem: Smart Link Ltd. SmartPCI2800 V.92 PCI Soft DFT " CLASS=0703 PCIDEV=2000:2800 SUBSYS=163c:2800 IRQ=19 IDENT=slamr For candidate modem in: 00:0b.0 0703 Modem: Smart Link Ltd. SmartPCI2800 V.92 PCI Soft DFT Primary device ID: 2000:2800 Support type needed or chipset: slamr The modem is supported by the Smartlink plus the slmodemd helper utility. Read the DOCs/Smartlink.txt and Modem/DOCs/YourSystem.txt for follow through guidance. For 2.6.28-11-generic compiling drivers is necessary. As of October 2007 the current packages at http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/smartlink/ are the ungrab-winmodem-20070505.tar.gz and slmodem-2.9.11-20080126.tar.gz The dialer utility package WVDIAL does not appear to be installed on your System. For Ubuntu Jaunty users, there are at the bottom of http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/: wvdial_jaunty_amd64.zip for x86_64, 64 bit bus systems. wvdial_jaunty_i386.zip for 32 bit systems. These are about 1 MB in size. After downloaded and copied into your Linux partition: $ unzip wv*.zip Within the new folder: $ sudo dpkg -i *.deb will complete the wvdial installation Please read Modem/DOCs/wvdial.txt for usage information. After installation of wvdial and slamr driver, run $ sudo wvdialconf /etc/wvdial edit it $ sudo gedit /etc/wvdial.conf and remove the ";" and add your username, password and ISP's phone number add a line "Carrier Check = no" to your /etc/wvdial.conf file. Try to dialout and if you encounter trouble please report back to list not me as I have been having connection The dialer utility package WVDIAL does not appear to be installed on your System. For Ubuntu Jaunty users, there are at the bottom of http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/: wvdial_jaunty_amd64.zip for x86_64, 64 bit bus systems. wvdial_jaunty_i386.zip for 32 bit systems. These are about 1 MB in size. After downloaded and copied into your Linux partition: $ unzip wv*.zip Within the new folder: $ sudo dpkg -i *.deb will complete the wvdial installation Please read Modem/DOCs/wvdial.txt for usage information. After installation of wvdial and slamr module, run $ sudo wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf and it should find /dev/ttySL0 as the modem port. edit the file with $ sudo gedit /etc/wvdial.conf and remove the ";" and add your username, password and ISP's phone number and a line "Carrier Check = no", try to establish a connection. If you encounter difficulties, please let us know (list) as I have been having connection problems at home. Regards, Antonio On 10/14/09, Denver Chiwakira <denversdesk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I'm a begginer - is my modem compatible? >