More precise than my earlier post... My ISP uses CHAP auth for its dialup. I have the trace of my connection below - what is going wrong? Thanks, tom Aug 2 23:51:29 lyra pppd[4792]: pppd 2.4.0 started by root, uid 0 Aug 2 23:51:52 lyra pppd[4792]: Serial connection established. Aug 2 23:51:52 lyra pppd[4792]: using channel 7 Aug 2 23:51:52 lyra pppd[4792]: Using interface ppp0 Aug 2 23:51:52 lyra pppd[4792]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS1 Aug 2 23:51:53 lyra pppd[4792]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x5e52c5eb> <pcomp> <accomp>] Aug 2 23:51:53 lyra pppd[4792]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x0] Aug 2 23:51:53 lyra pppd[4792]: sent [LCP ConfAck id=0x0] Aug 2 23:51:54 lyra pppd[4792]: rcvd [LCP TermAck id=0x0] Aug 2 23:51:55 lyra pppd[4792]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x44 <asyncmap 0xa0000> <auth chap MD5> <magic 0x5ecb3bc1> <pcomp> <accomp> <mrru 1524> <endpoint [local:42.54.4d.44.49.50]>] Aug 2 23:51:55 lyra pppd[4792]: sent [LCP ConfRej id=0x44 <mrru 1524>] Aug 2 23:51:56 lyra pppd[4792]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x45 <asyncmap 0xa0000> <auth chap MD5> <magic 0x5ecb3bc1> <pcomp> <accomp> <endpoint [local:42.54.4d.44.49.50]>] Aug 2 23:51:56 lyra pppd[4792]: sent [LCP ConfAck id=0x45 <asyncmap 0xa0000> <auth chap MD5> <magic 0x5ecb3bc1> <pcomp> <accomp> <endpoint [local:42.54.4d.44.49.50]>] Aug 2 23:51:56 lyra pppd[4792]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x5e52c5eb> <pcomp> <accomp>] Aug 2 23:51:56 lyra pppd[4792]: rcvd [LCP ConfAck id=0x1 <asyncmap 0x0> <magic 0x5e52c5eb> <pcomp> <accomp>] Aug 2 23:51:56 lyra pppd[4792]: rcvd [CHAP Challenge id=0x6d <f79a4ce9be413ee0e0c032b2cb5e03ed>, name = "BTMDIP"] Aug 2 23:51:56 lyra pppd[4792]: sent [CHAP Response id=0x6d <376a25c85033e54e797e9dfa0ec7f804>, name = "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"] Aug 2 23:52:09 lyra last message repeated 4 times Aug 2 23:52:09 lyra pppd[4792]: rcvd [CHAP Success id=0x6d ""] Aug 2 23:52:09 lyra pppd[4792]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x1 <addr 0.0.0.0> <compress VJ 0f 01>] Aug 2 23:52:09 lyra pppd[4792]: sent [CCP ConfReq id=0x1 <deflate 15> <deflate(old#) 15> <bsd v1 15>] Aug 2 23:52:09 lyra pppd[4792]: rcvd [CHAP Success id=0x6d ""] Aug 2 23:52:09 lyra pppd[4792]: rcvd [IPCP ConfReq id=0x99 <compress VJ 0f 00> <addr 213.120.208.201>] Aug 2 23:52:09 lyra pppd[4792]: sent [IPCP ConfAck id=0x99 <compress VJ 0f 00> <addr 213.120.208.201>] Aug 2 23:52:09 lyra pppd[4792]: rcvd [IPCP ConfNak id=0x1 <addr 217.32.145.59>] Aug 2 23:52:09 lyra pppd[4792]: sent [IPCP ConfReq id=0x2 <addr 217.32.145.59> <compress VJ 0f 01>] Aug 2 23:52:09 lyra pppd[4792]: rcvd [LCP ProtRej id=0x46 80 fd 01 01 00 0f 1a 04 78 00 18 04 78 00 15 03 2f] Aug 2 23:52:09 lyra pppd[4792]: rcvd [IPCP ConfAck id=0x2 <addr 217.32.145.59> <compress VJ 0f 01>] Aug 2 23:52:09 lyra pppd[4792]: local IP address 217.32.145.59 Aug 2 23:52:09 lyra pppd[4792]: remote IP address 213.120.208.201 Aug 2 23:52:09 lyra pppd[4792]: Script /etc/ppp/ip-up started (pid 4844) Aug 2 23:52:09 lyra pppd[4792]: Script /etc/ppp/ip-up finished (pid 4844), status = 0x0 Aug 2 23:52:51 lyra pppd[4792]: Terminating on signal 15. Aug 2 23:52:51 lyra pppd[4792]: Script /etc/ppp/ip-down started (pid 4853) Aug 2 23:52:51 lyra pppd[4792]: sent [LCP TermReq id=0x2 "User request"] Aug 2 23:52:52 lyra pppd[4792]: Script /etc/ppp/ip-down finished (pid 4853), status = 0x0 Aug 2 23:52:52 lyra pppd[4792]: rcvd [LCP TermAck id=0x2] Aug 2 23:52:52 lyra pppd[4792]: Connection terminated. Aug 2 23:52:52 lyra pppd[4792]: Connect time 1.0 minutes. Aug 2 23:52:52 lyra pppd[4792]: Sent 2607 bytes, received 5036 bytes. Aug 2 23:52:52 lyra pppd[4792]: Hangup (SIGHUP) Aug 2 23:52:52 lyra pppd[4792]: Exit.
