isp made changes will 5.2 apollo allow forward slash in user logon example b/nsusername? went back to basic invoke ifup ppp0 do route command only lo route shown do ifconfig -a line two shows ppp0 inet addr:0.0.0.0 ptp:0.0.0.0 mask:0.0.0.0 etc. believe inet addr should be 209.131.128.10 ping 209.131.128.10 get network is unreachable what did i do wrong went thru isp and ppp how to's they look good thanks lew