- Lose the patches for now.
- Remove card
- Boot machine
- Insert card
- Open a terminal program
- If not already done, configure it to use the pcmcia serial device
- Do what is necessary to open the device
- Try and send the command "at" to the modem..
at <- you type
OK <- the modem answers
Did it work?
The TCP/IP stack is useless for debugging it if you have no idea whether the device actually talks to the card..