Hi everybody,

I would just like to share with you the setup of a smartlink softmodem on a SuSE 9.2 distribution and KDE.

Install SuSE whatever way you want.
Just skip if you are asked to configure the smartlink modem.

Start yast
Select: Install and remove software.
Search: smartlink
Select: smartlink-softmodem and click to remove.
Select: accept on the bottom right corner.
Select: finish in the window that pops up and asks "Would you like to install more packages?"

Go to the SuSE website (Sorry I am not allowed to show the URL)
Download the: smartlink-softmodem-2.9.10-3.2.i586.rpm
Do not download the patch rpm:smartlink-softmodem 2.9.10-3.2-patch (i586). It did not work for me.

Open the smartlink-softmodem-2.9.10-3.2.i586.rpm with konquerer and click on: Install package with yast.

Log out and reboot the computer.
Start yast
Click on: network devices.
Select: modem
Select: SmartLinkPCI 56K Modem
Select: configure or change, depending in what window the modem is.

Configure the provider parameters.

Configure the connection parameters.
Check: Modify DNS when connected
Check: Automatically retrieve DNS (Even so my provider provided the DNS)
Check: Stupid Mode (This is where I had the most trouble since I did not check it. The modem would connect but disconnected soon without establishing a lasting connection)
Click on: IP_Details
Check: Dynamic IP address if not already checked.
Check: Default Route if not already checked.

Configure Modem parameters
The modem device should read: /dev/ttySL0
Check: Tone dailing
Check: Speaker on
Check: Detect dail tone

Click on: Finish

Exit YaST
Log out and reboot the computer.

Log in and right click on the plug (Kinternet Internet Tool) on the right side of the bottom panel.
Select: View Log...
Right click: Kinternet on the right side of the bottom panel and select: Dail-in
You will see a script running in the Log-KInternet window that reads similar like this:

SuSE Meta pppd (smpppd-ifcfg), Version 1.50 on linux.
Status is: disconnected
trying to connect to smpppd
connect to smpppd
Status is: disconnected
Status is: connecting
pppd[0]: Plugin passwordfd.so loaded.
pppd[0]: --> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.54.0
pppd[0]: --> Initializing modem.
pppd[0]: --> Sending: ATM1
pppd[0]: ATM1
pppd[0]: OK
pppd[0]: --> Modem initialized.
pppd[0]: --> Sending: ATDT7537455
pppd[0]: --> Waiting for carrier.
pppd[0]: ATDT7537455
pppd[0]: CONNECT 45333
pppd[0]: --> Carrier detected. Chatmode finished.
pppd[0]: Serial connection established.
pppd[0]: Renamed interface ppp0 to modem0
pppd[0]: Using interface modem0
Status is: connecting
pppd[0]: Connect: modem0 <--> /dev/ttySL0
pppd[0]: PAP authentication succeeded
pppd[0]: local IP address 208.20.33.73
pppd[0]: remote IP address 208.20.33.1
pppd[0]: primary DNS address 206.231.8.2
pppd[0]: secondary DNS address 206.231.8.3
pppd[0]: Script /etc/ppp/ip-up finished (pid 7720), status = 0x0
Status is: connected

You can now start to surf the internet with your favorite web browser.

I hope this litte script helps. I had a lot of trouble to get there.

Martin