On Wed, 27 Jun 2001 12:38:18 +1200 syed irfan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i have used this isp in NZ with mandrake 7.2 with a hardware internal > modem, it woked like a breeze, now when i have switched to mandrake 8.0, <snip> Add the following in your /etc/ppp/options for a start: ======== ipcp-accept-remote ipcp-accept-local ======== These make sure that ppp and the remote accept what they see as 'gospel' You should also probably add 'noauth' and 'defaultroute' as well and set a timeout vakue such as 'idle 300' where the value 300 is in seconds. The other bit for NZ lines is set your modem initialisation string up. The three ISPs I use all seem to work best with the following: 'ATZ&D2&C1&K0&M0#CLS0' Check with your particular modem documentation to see it all are valid. Cheers John (You may contact me direct if you wish) -- "The number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected" (The UNIX Programmer's Manual, 2nd Edition, June 1972.) Registered Linux User: 102826