try "ifconfig" to see if you already have a ppp interface up that didn't die. And then after you connect. try it again to see if it pulled up a ppp interface. In my experience, taking too much time for a ppp connection usually means that the authentification failed. francis conry wrote: > Hi, This is francis. I introduced myself to you all a little while back. > I'm having trouble dialing up from my linux box at home. > I get it to connect (using linuxconf) and then it dissconnects after about a > minute every time. > When I set up the connection in linuxconf I get the following warning just > before it connects: > /sbin/ifup ppp0 is taking longer than usual > where pp0 is the name of my connection. > Can you guys help? > > _______________________________________________________ > Say Bye to Slow Internet! > http://www.home.com/xinbox/signup.html
