> It's a "worthless winmodem". I'd suggest throwing it in the trash and > replacing it with an external serial (not USB) modem. I note that as > of this evening, Newegg.com has several such modems, starting from > a low of $17.99 and going up from there. I have no idea if any of them > are any good, YMMV. > > OTOH maybe someone else can suggest suitable drivers for the winmodem. > I refuse to use the darn things. > > (actually, I lucked out--I found a great industrial-strength Multi-Tech > external modem on ebay a few years ago. it served wonderfully for > several years until we got cable here at the house. I keep it around > in case emergencies arise.) > > > indeed - i use a few serial based US Robotics modems that connect to our paging system to alert in case of network failure. they just work and winmodems dont.