Thanks John, I didn't realise that i have a soft modem on my machine :-). I'll use the information on the link given by you and try to make it work. Best Regards, Vikas Please respond to fedora-list@redhat.com Sent by: fedora-list-admin@redhat.com To: fedora-list cc: bcc: Subject: Re: Modem not detected. <tt>From the info I've found on google, it appears that the Dell Inspiron has a winmodem - though it appears that it works ok under linux, here's what I found: </tt> <tt>http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/G.Wilford/Inspiron8500/ </tt> <tt>John S. </tt> <tt>Vikas.Bhasin@britishairways.com wrote: > > Hi All, > > I'm not able to configure my modem on laptop. I have Dell Inspiron 8500. > Fedora installed successfully thought every time i boot my machine, It > stops at activating network and then i get error of unresolved IP > address for ethernet card eth0. To avoid this, i removed the card from > system settings. > > Yesterday only i got internet connection so I tried it on my laptop but > i was unaware that Fedora never detected the modem on my laptop. I tried > running internet connection wizard and network configurator but couldn't > make it to detect my modem. I feel, i can make an external modem connect > to serial port to work as i've done it before on RH5.6 but i want to use > the inbuilt modem. I'm not very good at Linux but want to explore and > understand it. > > Any help is appreciated. > > Thanks and Regards, > Vikas </tt> <tt>-- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list</tt> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Get the best from British Airways at ba.com http://www.ba.com