I have an Option 3G PCMCIA card. When I plug it into my laptop, I see this activity: hub 7-0:1.0: USB hub found hub 7-0:1.0: 1 port detected usb 7-1: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 2 usbcore: registered new driver usbserial drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: USB Serial support registered for Generic usbcore: registered new driver usbserial_generic drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: USB Serial Driver core v2.0 option: module not supported by Novell, setting U taint flag. drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: USB Serial support registered for Option 3G data card option 7-1:1.0: Option 3G data card converter detected usb 7-1: Option 3G data card converter now attached to ttyUSB0 option 7-1:1.1: Option 3G data card converter detected usb 7-1: Option 3G data card converter now attached to ttyUSB1 option 7-1:1.2: Option 3G data card converter detected usb 7-1: Option 3G data card converter now attached to ttyUSB2 usbcore: registered new driver option drivers/usb/serial/option.c: Option Card (PC-Card to) USB to Serial Driver: v0.4 After this, I can access an AT modem on /dev/ttyUSB0. I check this with a terminal program and the card responds as expected. I type 'AT' and the card responds with 'OK'. I'm a bit confused about why the PCMCIA card shows up as a USB device. But drivers will be drivers... Odd but true: I have only used ethernet with Linux. I use serial ports for other things. But not for networking. I expected to see something in YasT telling that this hardware is available for configuring. I don't see anything. Should I? Section 38.5 of the Linux OnLine Docs implies that the hotplug system should be working for PCMCIA and USB network devices. I want to use this card to connect to the internet. It is a GPRS card, which should provide me with portable access. -- Roger Oberholtzer OPQ Systems AB