>It's marked "Telepath for Windows with X2 technology." > Could it be one of those modems that work only with Windows? Umm.. yeah, could be :-) I think the site to try is www.winmodem.org <http://www.winmodem.org> (or similar, cant remember exactly) >By the way, I using Debian 2.1 from Cheapbytes. Get 2.2 (otherwise known as potato). Maybe get a new (external) modem while you're at it. tim