Sandy,
You're right. WvDial was a breeze, and I am connected with it now. SuSE definitely needs to consider using it somehow, or just including it.
I will recommend it to people having trouble with the standard ppp configuration routines.
Thanks.
Steve.
xisp is also good, and a nice little program for the command line is qadliw. the latter, btw, is all of 3kb large...and can be found at <A HREF="http://www.nerdsnetwork.com/unix.htm"><A HREF="http://www.nerdsnetwork.com/unix.htm</A">http://www.nerdsnetwork.com/unix.htm</A</A>> . it also autodetects the modem and settings like wvdial... -derek - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>