martin f krafft wrote: > - as soon as the connection is started (i.e. the modem screams), > the system load just keeps climbing. This is a kernel bug, a pppd bug, or a hardware bug. I'd bet on the latter. > Mainly look for messages from pppd, as maybe it's misconfigured. It shouldn't be possible to configure pppd in such a way as to cause this. -- John Hasler john@dhh.gt.org Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, Wisconsin