>>it has a sh**y winmodem. Thanks. Hi, I was able to get a winmodem working with Linux thanks to some drivers some generous people wrote. You might want to check out the winmodem/"linmodem" howto at http://walbran.org/sean/linux/linmodem-howto-1.html Let me know if I can provide any more help. Liz -- Liz Hare, Ph.D. Animal Breeding and Genetics Group Cornell University B47 Morrison Hall Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 255 2380 eh51 at cornell.edu