This is a follow up to my previous message. I guess I should have been more specific about this problem. I installed FreeBSD 3.0 to see if it would connect, but it didn't either. Here are the details;
1. I have MS Network. The local provider provides the IP address. 2. I cannot get the IP address either from WIN dial-up properties or from the internet properties. 3. I do not know the DNS, probably server provided also as is the above. 4. In FreeBSD, a separate terminal is used (vty3). Here I give the 'TERM' command and go back to vty1 and press return. In six seconds it disconnects. 5. It apparently doesn't dial out at all. 6. In Debian I get the same result, only a little quicker. 7. My modem type is: MD 6800-U Modem (AZT 4023). 8. I should also state that I believe this to be a WIN Modem. Correct? (It's been several years since I've delved into the hardware end of computing, that's why I'm rusty.) I hope this helps to bring about a solution. (Like, does Debian, or even Linux period, support a WIN modem?) Thanx again