If you get unknown host, then more of a name issue. You have your resolv.conf file specifiing the ISP's DNS? your PAP secrets file really just needs one. Do a tail on /var/log/message and see if you are really connecting (it should give you remote and local ip). The other thing, do you have a network card in the machine? Do you have a defaultroute established? If so, then when you connect to your ISP, the PPPD won't override your defaultroute with the dialup one (which you want it to). Do a route after you are connected and see. -----Original Message----- From: crumb@midwest.net <crumb@midwest.net> To: suse-linux-e@suse.com <suse-linux-e@suse.com> Date: Sunday, December 13, 1998 11:20 PM Subject: Re: [SuSE Linux] WVDial look like? I tried to ping my ISP without sucess (unknown host), so that is a clue. Wvdial should get my isp's domain name, ip address, etc., from somewhere and I assume it is from pap secrets. I have a dynamic IP address, and two DNS server entries. - 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>>