Just FYI, I recently ran across a page of somebody who's working on a Linux driver for the Lucent Tech. winmodem. Check out http://www.close.u-net.com/ for more info. A hardware modem is still a much better bet, though... -- Dan Brown, KE6MKS, [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Since all the world is but a story, it were well for thee to buy the more enduring story rather than the story that is less enduring" -- The Judgment of St. Colum Cille