Jason, According to Archival information, your 10b9:5457 chipset modem has a Conexant modem chip. Thus follow: From 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. Start at http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/hsf/downloads-license.php to find the hsfmodem package matching your System. For several Linux distros, there are precompiled drivers matched to specific kernels. These have within the FileName, your KernelVersion: 2.6.31_14_generic They can be found through http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/hsf/full/downloads.php A more precise location may be given a few paragraphs below. If an EXACT Match with your your KernelVersion is not found, one of the "Generic packages with source" near the bottom of the page must be used. Downloaded packages must be moved into the Linux partition (home folder is OK) and unzipped with: unzip hsf*.zip The installation command for a .deb suffic packages is, with root/adm permission: sudo dpkg -i hsf*.deb Under Linux unpack with: $ unzip hsfmodem*.zip Then install with: $ sudo dpkg -i hsfmodem*.deb Subsequently, the modem should be found with $ sudo wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf Edit in your personal information with: $ sudo gedit /etc/wvdial.conf and try dialing out with: $ sudo wvdial. See DOCs/Testing.txt for details. If you have an alternate Internet Connection, you can $ sudo apt-get install wvdial Otherwise try the === 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_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. On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 10:17 PM, Jason Mills <jemkeith@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >