hi i have spent the past three days trying to get my modem to work...im pretty sure ive tried most stuff..im new but learning fast. here is what has happenend.. first i run mandrake 6.0 still on toshiba satellite 1625cdt (toshibas newest model) the manual says my modem is simply an ITU v.90/56Kflex windows98 says i have a conexant..which i think IS a winmodem...but im not sure... ive set a soft link to from ttyS1 (COM 2) to /dev/modem /proc/pci says that a communications controller is on irq 10 and I/O 0xfce8...win 98 also says the modem is using irq 10.. proc/interrupts says nothing about a serial or irq 10 i used the setserial -b and rebooted and nothing i tell you nothing...CAN ANYONE PLEASE HELP!! thanx..tommmmie p.s. any info i could use about a Linksys USB 10/100Mbs NIC and setting it up..?? thank you ever so much...