I've bumped the debug level, as suggested. It gives me all kinds of messages, which make absolutely no sense to me :( I've clipped them, in pieces (still haven't figured out how to increase plog's length).
This all is after the notice that the ppp connection has been made, but before it works. rick > Nov 17 11:52:10 nest pppd[995]: rcvd [LCP ConfAck id=0x1 <mru 1500> <asyncmap > 0 > x0> <magic 0x7a22c6e8> <pcomp> <accomp>] > Nov 17 11:52:10 nest pppd[995]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x1 <addr 192.0.2.1> > <com > press VJ 0f 01>] > Nov 17 11:52:32 nest last message repeated 7 times > Nov 17 11:52:35 nest pppd[995]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x0 7a 22 c6 e8] > Nov 17 11:52:35 nest pppd[995]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x1 <addr 192.0.2.1> > <com > press VJ 0f 01>] > Nov 17 11:52:35 nest pppd[995]: rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0x0 73 38 84 0c] > Nov 17 11:52:38 nest pppd[995]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x1 <addr 192.0.2.1> > <com > press VJ 0f 01>] > Nov 17 11:52:41 nest pppd[995]: IPCP: timeout sending Config-Requests > Nov 17 11:53:05 nest pppd[995]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x1 7a 22 c6 e8] > Nov 17 11:53:05 nest pppd[995]: rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0x1 73 38 84 0c] > > Nov 17 11:52:32 nest last message repeated 7 times > Nov 17 11:52:35 nest pppd[995]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x0 7a 22 c6 e8] > Nov 17 11:52:35 nest pppd[995]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x1 <addr 192.0.2.1> > <com > press VJ 0f 01>] > Nov 17 11:52:35 nest pppd[995]: rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0x0 73 38 84 0c] > Nov 17 11:52:38 nest pppd[995]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x1 <addr 192.0.2.1> > <com > press VJ 0f 01>] > Nov 17 11:52:41 nest pppd[995]: IPCP: timeout sending Config-Requests > Nov 17 11:53:05 nest pppd[995]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x1 7a 22 c6 e8] > Nov 17 11:53:05 nest pppd[995]: rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0x1 73 38 84 0c] > Nov 17 11:53:35 nest pppd[995]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x2 7a 22 c6 e8] > Nov 17 11:53:35 nest pppd[995]: rcvd [LCP EchoRep id=0x2 73 38 84 0c] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .