After nearly three weeks of trying, I've given up with the alcatel speedtouch modem. Short of throwing it out the window, I can't do anything with it other than initialise it. I tried PPPoA and got nothing beyond LCP timeouts. I tried PPPoE (with a downloaded br2684ctl) and though I get "ifconfig nas0" returning an ethernet address etc., the "pppd nas0 &" call complains about nas0 being unknown. Ho hum. I give up. I'd like some recommendations for a decent external ADSL modem (or router) plus network card. I only have a standalone PC at home. There are plans for a network but that probably won't happen this year. For any UK-ers, I'm in Surrey so I'd also be interested in knowing where I could walk in and buy the equipment (I try to avoid PC World if at all possible). cheers, Peter