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

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

  1. Go to http://www.smlink.com
  2. Download the latest Linux driver
  3. 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 &

And Happy surfing