What Windows calls com6 would be ttyS7 on Linux, but it may not have been assigned there by the. If you're not sure after looking at dmesg you can always do: echo ata >/dev/ttys0 and keep incrementing through /dev/ttyS1, /dev/ttys2, etc., etc. When you hit a dial tone, you've found your port. Of course, at that point you'll be eager to do a: echo ath >/dev/ttySX where X is the number of the port you just identified. For dialing look at wvdial. You might also want to find eznet. A good way to configure is to start minicom -s as root. Minicom is a lot like that old DOS Telex program. Of course, what I don't know at all is how much of this comes to you via zipspeak. -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org