Shawn I was actually working on two problems yesterday and the DNS had nothing to do with the ppp failure. Here are some more details on the problem I ran into. I connect by starting pppd from the command line. the ppp options file looks like this: connect "/usr/sbin/chat -f /etc/ppp/chat-script" /dev/ttyS0 115200 debug modem crtscts defaultroute noipdefault user username using kppp failed because of the first line which uses the chat-script to connect. kppp dials the connection before it calls pppd so when pppd ran the the chat-script the file the modem was already busy and it's setup to ABORT busy. I set up a script with pppd connect "/usr/sbin/chat -f /etc/ppp/chat-script" to use for the command line and deleted the connect from the options file. if you want more information on your pppd connection setup. use the debug option in the options. Check /etc/syslog.conf to see where debug messages go and tail the appropriate log file. good luck Shawn Fertch wrote: > On Thursday 13 September 2001 22:31, Paul Overby wrote: > > I ran into a problem today which seems to have the same symptoms. I > > normally telnet to linux and start the ppp connection from the command > > line. Today I tried starting from kppp and it would dial and attempt to > > authenticate and then die. I found that I had no DNS address defined. > > Adding the DNS ip address provided by my ISP solved the problem. It is > > unclear to my why this would make a difference. > -- > Yes, I have both of them in my resolv.conf file and still won't connect. I'm > using the command line ppp-on ppp-off commands which has always worked for > me,but not now for whatever reason. > > --- > Shawn > > "Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do." > -Bruce Lee > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -- Paul Overby Poverby at megsinet.net Office: 651-686-6074 Home: 452-3233