[newbie] connecting via ppp

[Marc Popejoy]

I've been unable to get MD 7.1 to log on to my ISP, (open 2.4 will).  I
posted a message earlier this week about a message in /var/log/messages
that said "all had bit 7 set to 0" and it was suggested I add "noauth"
to my ppp/options file. The only other entry on line one is "lock".
I was able to log on today via minicom, so I'm convinced that it's not a
hardware issue.  But I'm growing wearing of trying to solve this. Any
ideas would be appreciated.

Marc