Fine, make fun of the guy that knows jack about languages other than english, latin, some basic, and some c++. :) If I can get both working it would uber cool, but if I can not get things going correctly then I say oh well... I just bought http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3424566585&category=3710&rd=1 , but before doing so I figured out what model it probaly was and then googles it with linux. It appears to be a real modem so I will hope for the best. The only things in my house that is mission critical is my year old laptop (1.6 celly, xp and debian) and my Ultimatetv (think tivo... mips, windows ce and nore uptime than anthing else I have ever used). Bryce C wrote: > Well for one, you would need a SUPPORTED modem too, for this. Also, if > someone would lie to tell me how to recompile a perl script, I'm all > ears. What I'm saying is that it's perl and therefore portable. It may > be able to handle the load but I would never combine something "mission > critical" and secure with something so unnecessary (to be on there). -- .-. =------------------------------ /v\ ----------------------------= Robert Wultsch // \\ robert.wultsch@asu.edu Linux User /( )\ AIM:sheepsleep7 Don't fear the penguins ^^-^^ (602)6927564