> So, this problem has me stumped. I've tried playing around with the > PPPoe options in /etc/ppp/peers/dsl-provider, and re-ran pppoeconf a > couple times, but I can't get around the e-mail freeze. Does anybody > else know what might cause a problem like this? > > TIA, > Jacob Try this in your dsl-provider file : pty "/usr/sbin/pppoe -I eth0 -T 80 -m 1452" or pty "/usr/sbin/pppoe -I eth0 -T 80 -m 1412" and in the same file, set : mtu 1492