I just want to tell everyone since so many people are having problems with this modem, that it works well in mandrake 10.1
It was plugged in while i was installing mandrake it was plugged in and mandrake installed it all by itself, all i did was set up the Internet connection after mandrake had finished installing and that was it.
I hope this helps everyone that has a problem with this modem, other than that i don't have any other suggestions.
By the way i'm newbie
I posted this of a load of other threads before putting it here, i just wish i had the idea sooner, sorry