said: > Hi, I'm using pon, configured with pppconfig, to set up my PPP > dialup connection. However, whenever I connect, after about 5 > seconds, the connection dies with no messages. Does anyone have > any suggestions? do you have network access during this time? what does /var/log/messages say ? what is your isp ? if your using aol are you sure that you can dial into aol using a generic PPP dialer? nate