diald failing with no messages

[fairfax@pclink.com]

I have server with kernel 2.2.12 and a mostly slink Debian system (I have upgraded to packages from potato as necessary).  I have diald set up on the server, but it is not working.  I am also running IP Masquerading with IP Chains, etc.  I have everything configured correctly, as far as I can tell from the documentation, but nothing happens.  If I use wvdial or pon/poff, dialout is successful, and my clients can then successfully access the internet.  But diald isn't working, and no log messages are being produced.  If I try to access the internet from either the server or the workstations, without first dialing out on the server, nothing happens.

How do I begin to debug this?

Steve Martin