Installing NetoDragon 56K modem (and other smartlink chipset modems)

NetoDragon softmodems "56k voice modem" seems to be taking over the market from Motorola's SM56. Here is the installation guide:

  1. Download the latest Linux driver
  2. Assuming that you have downloaded the file to your Windows partiton do the following: cp /path/to/driver/tarball /wherever/you/want cd /wherever/you/wanted tar -zxvf slmodem-2.9.X.tar.gz cd slmodem-2.9.X make su make install modprobe slamr slmodemd -c=YOUR COUNTRY'S NAME &

    For the 2.6 kernels you must have the kernel source installed in /usr/src/linux If you are using mandrake do as root: urpmi kernel-source

    And Happy surfing