Martin Bialasinski writes: > What I mean is that you shouldn't send the \d. He isn't sending \d. To chat '\d' means pause one second. Some ISP's get confused if chat exits and lets pppd start sending packets before they finish authenticating. The pause gives them time to get their act together. -- John Hasler john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI