> I am using the options and ppp-connect scripts with minor modifications to > the options script (I added -detach because it seemed appropriate but > didn't get me any farther) and to the best I can tell, chat dials out > and the modems negotiate for baud rate but nothing else happens It's a bug in ppp-2.1.2b. Use 2.1.2d or better 2.2 and your problem should vanish. Hope this helps Winfried