Hi, Tried SuSE 7.1 last February, but it would not work with my hard modem. Bought 7.3 and a US Robotics 5386d and it still will not work. Tried Intialization string from the USR CD, but does the same thing as only "ATZ". Error code #17 , can't find "/var/log/syslog.ppp and /var/log/syslog and /var/log/messages". It connects at 44-48,000, but kppp dies immediately after connection. The IP help person and I could not figure it out. The SuSE support documents gave me the intialization tips, but they did not solve it. Works great under ME. I first tried Mandrake 8.0, and it did not work, thought I'd give Linux another, try but to date only Caldera 2.4 was able to get another older modem working. Quite discouraging for newbies like me who would like to switch permanently from Windows. AMD 1.2 512meg RAM AOpen 73pro motherboard. Thanks for any help. Keith