|> As far as I can tell, after entering in pon msn, the system never |> dialed = out. That seemed to be confirmed by a quick exit in |> /var/log/messages |> |> Suggestions? There should be a file ppp.log in /var/log/ which contains a detailed log of what happened in response to your entering the `pon' command. If you post that, people should be able to help. Jim