Hi Let me start by thanking all your for your magnificient support. I was given a pointer wvdial at http://www.worldvisions.ca/wvdial a program that automatically detects and configures your modem under linux to dial into your isp. Really I was impressed. It took under a minute to configure my modem and dial to me ISP and all I had to do was stare and marvel.
Well my modem is working and I can connect to my isp but I can't communicate. When wvdial connect you to your isp it automatically starts the pppd (ppp deamon). Once it did that I type fpt ftp.debian.org and got the following ---> ppp daemon has died! (exit code 1) Disconnecting at sun oct 4:20:21:54 1998 prompt~# ftp ftp.debian.org ftp.debian.org : Host name lookup failure ftp> My second problems is that of making my computer use the network card. I got a 3com905B-TX and it is not listed under the different kinds of network cards when I use modconf to install it. How do I go about making it work? My third problems is getting on line help. I have just the base files installed. To get the fill linux OS working I have to download it from the net that why I am configuring the modem. I need the set of files that you have to install with linux to have the man command working. So you can get help by typing say man rm Thanks Wilson.