I am getting more strange output from the kernel when trying to connect. The linmodem *is* connecting but not getting much farther than that, unfortunately. Hoping someone can help me decipher this output: Jan 28 21:36:03 HP-YOGI pppd[11659]: Plugin passwordfd.so loaded. Jan 28 21:36:03 HP-YOGI pppd[11659]: pppd 2.4.1 started by root, uid 0 Jan 28 21:36:39 HP-YOGI pppd[11659]: Serial connection established. Jan 28 21:36:39 HP-YOGI pppd[11659]: Using interface ppp0 Jan 28 21:36:39 HP-YOGI pppd[11659]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttySHSF0 Jan 28 21:38:40 HP-YOGI pppd[11659]: LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests Jan 28 21:38:40 HP-YOGI pppd[11659]: Connection terminated. Jan 28 21:38:40 HP-YOGI pppd[11659]: Receive serial link is not 8-bit clean: Jan 28 21:38:40 HP-YOGI pppd[11659]: Problem: all had bit 7 set to 0 Jan 28 21:38:41 HP-YOGI pppd[11659]: Hangup (SIGHUP) Jan 28 21:38:41 HP-YOGI pppd[11659]: Exit. Thanks... ...CH