-> WC>I don't understand this either unless he lacks a hardware modem.
-> WC>Just setting up the dialer takes 2 minutes.
-> WC>As I've the modem on COM 1 on my RS-232 serial port  I select ttyS0,
-> WC>name a user account ( Verizon), provide the number for the ISP,
-> WC>plug in user name and password and I'm surfing.

-> Wel in my case it Detected the model on setup just fine and correctly
-> as far as model etc. But when I tried to use it is said NO modem
-> connected.

As does mine if I don't stipulate ttyS0 as the serial port in the KPPP
dialer.
Could you have missed this minor point?

I had to set that parameter in the account I'd setup
as the modem test routine did not.

Prior to setting the COM port to COM 1 ( ttyS0) I got the same no
modem found message.

COM 1 is my serial port.
ttyS1 would be COM port 2, ttyS2 COM 3, ect.
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