My New MacBook doesn´t recognize my external modem

I just got the new MacBook. My home internet connection is through an external modem that uses a USB cable. When I opened Network Preferences, and it does not give me an option to add an external modem. I was able to install the driver in the new MacBook, but it does not recognize the external modem. I need help figuring out how to get the MacBook to recognize this modem.

I have a Mac Pro and had trouble sending faxes. Apple's help topic for modems that don't connect automatically gives a list of things to try. They should add "Arrange to have a Fax sent to your Mac and try to receive it" That worked for me.

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So what is the APPLE HDD?
Here is a screenshot of my devices on my iMac:
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Looking back, at your original posts....it said it needed 774 GB?? is that at all reasonable for a full backup of your system??
Maybe there's something more than meets the eye?
Also maybe we can figure out what went wrong with the tmutil command. It is possible that you may have to use additional options.
But first le's see who owns the old backup....
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com.apple.backupd.BackupMachineAddress:
00000000 30 30 3A 31 64 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. |00:1d:..:..:..:.|
00000010 34 00 |4.|
00000012
com.apple.backupd.HostUUID:
00000000 41 34 32 30 43 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. |A420Cxxxxxxxxxxx|
00000010 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. |xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx|
00000020 32 37 37 42 00 |277B.|
00000025
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You can find it in About this Mac-> More Info. -> System report ->Hardware Overview [that's the first thing that shows when you select System report]
These are the way the connection of the backup to a machine is made.
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