roger@roger-desktop:~$ echo '+++'>/dev/ttyS4 echo ATM2L3>/dev/ttyS4 echo ATD>/dev/ttyS4 (no result at all, no sound, totally blank line) More modem info http://www.usr.com/support/product-template.asp?prod=5610c http://www.usr.com/support/5610c/5610c-ug/index.html >REFERENCE >select your choice of command sets, S-registers, etc. All I could see in dmesg, can't guarantee I didn't miss anything : [ 1.176994] Serial: 8250/16550 driver, 32 ports, IRQ sharing enabled [ 1.360190] serial 0000:04:01.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17 [ 1.381155] 0000:04:01.0: ttyS4 at I/O 0xd000 (irq = 17) is a 16550A roger@roger-desktop:~$ lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Ivy Bridge DRAM Controller (rev 09) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Ivy Bridge PCI Express Root Port (rev 09) 00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Panther Point USB xHCI Host Controller (rev 04) 00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Panther Point MEI Controller #1 (rev 04) 00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82579V Gigabit Network Connection (rev 04) 00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Panther Point USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 04) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Panther Point High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Panther Point PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev c4) 00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Panther Point PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev c4) 00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Panther Point PCI Express Root Port 5 (rev c4) 00:1c.7 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Panther Point PCI Express Root Port 8 (rev c4) 00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Panther Point USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 04) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Panther Point LPC Controller (rev 04) 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Panther Point 6 port SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 04) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation Panther Point SMBus Controller (rev 04) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Device 683f 01:00.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Device aab0 03:00.0 PCI bridge: Integrated Technology Express, Inc. Device 8892 (rev 30) 04:01.0 Serial controller: 3Com Corp, Modem Division 56K FaxModem Model 5610 (rev 01) 04:02.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB22A IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link) [iOHCI-Lynx] 05:00.0 USB controller: NEC Corporation uPD720200 USB 3.0 Host Controller (rev 04) 06:00.0 SATA controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88SE9172 SATA 6Gb/s Controller (rev 11) roger@roger-desktop:~$ sudo lspci -vvvk found the modem : 04:01.0 Serial controller: 3Com Corp, Modem Division 56K FaxModem Model 5610 (rev 01) (prog-if 02 [16550]) Subsystem: 3Com Corp, Modem Division USR 56K Internal V92 FAX Modem (Model 5610) Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- SERR- ; eol2 = ; swtch = ; start = ^Q; stop = ^S; susp = ^Z; rprnt = ^R; werase = ^W; lnext = ^V; flush = ^O; min = 1; time = 0; -parenb -parodd cs8 hupcl -cstopb cread -clocal -crtscts -ignbrk -brkint -ignpar -parmrk -inpck -istrip -inlcr -igncr -icrnl -ixon -ixoff -iuclc -ixany -imaxbel -iutf8 -opost -olcuc -ocrnl -onlcr -onocr -onlret -ofill -ofdel nl0 cr0 tab0 bs0 vt0 ff0 -isig -icanon -iexten -echo -echoe -echok -echonl -noflsh -xcase -tostop -echoprt -echoctl -echoke roger@roger-desktop:~$ Here is vendor ID : $ sudo lshw ... *-pci description: PCI bridge product: Integrated Technology Express, Inc. vendor: Integrated Technology Express, Inc. physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0 version: 30 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pci pm subtractive_decode bus_master cap_list resources: ioport:d000(size=4096) memory:f7d00000-f7dfffff *-communication description: Serial controller product: 56K FaxModem Model 5610 vendor: 3Com Corp, Modem Division physical id: 1 bus info: pci@0000:04:01.0 version: 01 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm 16550 cap_list configuration: driver=serial latency=0 resources: irq:17 ioport:d000(size=8) THANKS !