Hi, Re my earlier post when I said I could not connect to the internet even though a PPP session had started, I have managed to solve the problem. (Of my own making I might add) so I will share this for future Users. Whilst doing a dist-upgrade you are asked a question regarding what network devices you have. The first time I answered this I correctly entered ppp only, but this is not the default. the script seemed to hang after this so on re-attempting I foolishly accepted the defaults. Somewhere in doing this, I managed to configure a slip device (sl0) which had taken an IP address from who knows where. After much reading about networks, I tried the 'ifconfig' command. 2 devices were listed. the loopback device, correct I believe, and the sl0 device. I took this out with 'ifconfig sl0 down' and hey presto, my ppp connection works again. I would also like to thank all those who responded to my initial email with help and advice, cheers guys! -- Best Regards
Wayne.