hello 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, it connects but the connection is very slow, eg. i get like 0.5 kbps when i was getting about 5.5kbps in LM 7.2 especially for ftp downloads and webpages load after1 or 2 minutes in LM 8.0, i am using the default settings configured during the install, but my connection is very slow now, now using winblows :-( any pointers on what should i look for ? files, outputs? etc to help me resolve this ppp problem? or kernel problem? how to find out, or i need to re install my LM 7.2 please help thanks irfan _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com