Usb dial-up modem Mercury

Zdravím,
búrka mi odpálila môj starý dobrý Microcom DeskPorte 56 pripájaný cez COM port. Tak som vyhrabal zo zásob nejaký Mercury USB modem. Vo windows fachčí bez problémov, ale na Ubuntu sa zdráha. Oficiálne drivery sú iba na windows. Tak som skúsil linuxant - inštalácia prebiehala nádejne až do okamihu, keď si chcel inštalátor niečo sťahovať z internetu. A to je dosť prúser pri inštalácii modemu :-(. Vypíše hlášku: "wget: unable to resolve host address www.linuxant.com", čo je pochopiteľné, keď inštalujem zariadenie na prístup do internetu. Skúšal som aj požadovaný súbor (http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/hsf/full/archive/hsfmodem-latest/archive.bz2) stiahnuť cez windows a "podhodiť" ho inštalátoru do rôznych adresárov, ale nepodarilo sa mi inštalátor nijako oklamať. Tu mi inštalácia vždy zakape. Ničmenej pripojenie modemu sa v systéme prejaví napr. tak, že vo výpise lshal pribudne nasledovné:

udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_572_1300_noserial'
info.linux.driver = 'usb' (string)
info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_1d6b_1_0000_00_1d_0' (string)
info.product = 'SoftK56 Data Fax Voice CARP' (string)
info.subsystem = 'usb_device' (string)
info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_572_1300_noserial' (string)
info.vendor = 'Conexant Systems (Rockwell), Inc.' (string)
linux.device_file = '/dev/bus/usb/002/002' (string)
linux.hotplug_type = 2 (0x2) (int)
linux.subsystem = 'usb' (string)
linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-2' (string)
usb_device.bus_number = 2 (0x2) (int)
usb_device.can_wake_up = true (bool)
usb_device.device_class = 2 (0x2) (int)
usb_device.device_protocol = 255 (0xff) (int)
usb_device.device_revision_bcd = 256 (0x100) (int)
usb_device.device_subclass = 0 (0x0) (int)
usb_device.is_self_powered = false (bool)
usb_device.linux.device_number = 2 (0x2) (int)
usb_device.linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-2' (string)
usb_device.num_configurations = 1 (0x1) (int)
usb_device.num_ports = 0 (0x0) (int)
usb_device.product = 'SoftK56 Data Fax Voice CARP' (string)
usb_device.product_id = 4864 (0x1300) (int)
usb_device.speed = 12.0 (12) (double)
usb_device.vendor = 'Conexant Systems (Rockwell), Inc.' (string)
usb_device.vendor_id = 1394 (0x572) (int)
usb_device.version = 1.1 (1.1) (double)

udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_572_1300_noserial_if1'
info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_572_1300_noserial' (string)
info.product = 'USB Communications Interface' (string)
info.subsystem = 'usb' (string)
info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_572_1300_noserial_if1' (string)
linux.hotplug_type = 2 (0x2) (int)
linux.subsystem = 'usb' (string)
linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-2/2-2:1.1' (string)
usb.bus_number = 2 (0x2) (int)
usb.can_wake_up = true (bool)
usb.device_class = 2 (0x2) (int)
usb.device_protocol = 255 (0xff) (int)
usb.device_revision_bcd = 256 (0x100) (int)
usb.device_subclass = 0 (0x0) (int)
usb.interface.class = 2 (0x2) (int)
usb.interface.description = 'Conexant USB interface' (string)
usb.interface.number = 1 (0x1) (int)
usb.interface.protocol = 255 (0xff) (int)
usb.interface.subclass = 1 (0x1) (int)
usb.is_self_powered = false (bool)
usb.linux.device_number = 2 (0x2) (int)
usb.linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-2/2-2:1.1' (string)
usb.num_configurations = 1 (0x1) (int)
usb.num_ports = 0 (0x0) (int)
usb.product = 'USB Communications Interface' (string)
usb.product_id = 4864 (0x1300) (int)
usb.speed = 12.0 (12) (double)
usb.vendor = 'Conexant Systems (Rockwell), Inc.' (string)
usb.vendor_id = 1394 (0x572) (int)
usb.version = 1.1 (1.1) (double)

udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_572_1300_noserial_if0'
... krátené kvôli limitu 5K na príspevok
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mne to veľa nehovorí.. :-( Vo windows sa vyznám celkom slušne, ale v linuxe nie som nijaký borec.

Ešte som našiel, že v /etc/ppp/peers/provider zostalo staré /dev/ttyS0. Skúsil som to zmeniť na ttyUSB0 .. 2, ale modem neožil (na pripájanie používam pon a poff).

Ak by ste mali nejaké dobré rady, budem vďačný.