m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: > Reading this, I'm thinking still more about the bigger picture, there. I > didn't see the start of this thread - is this a home system? If so, using > WinDo$e is pointless, if you're running Linux, unless you're running Linux > in a VM under WinDoze. The machine is running CentOS-5.6 . The modem is running fine, but my speed has not been improved threefold, as promised. In fact the speed is identical to the previous modem, as far as I can tell. I find a Windows dual-boot quite useful on many occasions, eg if some card or other device does not work under Linux it is worth seeing if it works under Windows. Also, if I have to call my ISP (I did once, when the line outside was damaged in a storm), it is more or less obligatory to be running Windows during the visit. I've been running Unix for 30 years, having graduated to Linux from Minix. I guess my philosophy is closer to Linus Torvalds than Richard Stallman. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland