The US Robotics Performance Pro 5610B is a true hardware modem, but since it's an internal card Linux seems to have trouble configuring it at an appropriate serial port. This utility attempts to set up the modem at /dev/ttyS3 (COM4), and then create a symlink to /dev/modem INSTRUCTIONS (this README is found in /root/my-applications) ## run this command to set up the modem /root/my-applications/bin/serial start Then configure your favourite dialler to connect to /dev/modem