john cuson writes: > can anyone offer any suggestions? The how-to is often less useful than it might be. Reverse any changes you made to /etc/ppp/options, run pppconfig as root, and try pon. If that fails post the output of plog and the contents of /etc/chatscripts/provider and /etc/ppp/peers/provider here (munge passwords). -- John Hasler john@dhh.gt.org Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, Wisconsin