Hi all, Well thanks to those who gave me input on my modem not connecting to the provider. I tried all the suggestions (aside from switching providers) and still it times out on the 'sending password' portion of the connect. Having to use my wifes winbox to connect is killing me :( Oh well..I know I don't have to worry about her using my machine for anything now cuz I get the "See..I told you Windows is better" attitude. In case somebody else has some insight here are the logs again. --> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.41 --> Initializing modem. --> Sending: ATZ ATZ OK --> Sending: AT Q0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 AT Q0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 OK --> Sending: ATM0 ATM0 OK --> Modem initialized. --> Dialing IslandNet . --> Sending: ATDT9237305 --> Waiting for carrier. ATDT9237305 CONNECT 115200 --> Carrier detected. Waiting for prompt. Welcome to Island Internet (pm1.cr.island.net) login: login: --> Looks like a login prompt. --> Sending: **** **** Password: --> Looks like a password prompt. --> Sending: (password) --> Don't know what to do! Starting pppd and hoping for the best. --> Starting pppd at Fri Sep 21 18:42:04 2001 --> pid of pppd: 7442 --> Disconnecting at Fri Sep 21 18:42:28 2001 --> The PPP daemon has died: A modem hung up the phone (exit code = 16) --> man pppd explains pppd error codes in more detail. --> Try again and look into /var/log/messages and the wvdial and pppd --> man pages for more information. tail from /var/log/messages Sep 21 18:42:04 kreator pppd[7442]: Using interface ppp0 Sep 21 18:42:04 kreator pppd[7442]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS1 Sep 21 18:42:04 kreator pppd[7442]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x11c31628> <pcomp> <accomp>] Sep 21 18:42:26 kreator last message repeated 11 times Sep 21 18:42:28 kreator pppd[7442]: Hangup (SIGHUP) Sep 21 18:42:28 kreator pppd[7442]: Modem hangup Sep 21 18:42:28 kreator pppd[7442]: Connection terminated. Sep 21 18:42:28 kreator pppd[7442]: Exit. Thanks again all. Great list, and I'll be posting for a couple of other probs I seem to be having soon. Cheers Mark Doucette __________________________________________________________ Get your FREE personalized e-mail at http://www.canada.com