Thanks, Ed, and to everyone else who has contributed to the solution of this problem. I am almost there, but not quite....
> > > > When you run pppconfig, and it asks for the modem port and the default > > says "/dev/modem", change it to "/dev/ttyS[0-3]", with the 0-3 being the > > number of the "COM port" your modem is on minus one. For example, if the > > modem is on COM2, you'd specify "/dev/ttyS1". > I am now seemingly making connection with my ISP. That is, my modem dials and seems to get through. However, when I run Mozilla, it seems to hang. If I try invoking it again, I get an error message along the lines that a session of Mozilla is already open. However, if I run Mozilla while I am off-line, I dont have a problem. It opens up to a default HTML page no questions asked. I can then go and look at other HTML pages as well. Also, if I run Lynx while I am on-line, it tries to connect to the page that I have designated as my home directory for Internet Explorer 5 in Win95. I then get a message saying "Unable to connect to host", and Lynx drops out. The page in question is the Australian AltaVista mirror site at http://www.altavista.yellowpages.com.au, which is normally a fast and reliable site.
