Reasonably often (say every 5 or so times) ppp fails to connect on my potato box.
The log in dicates the following: ----- ppp.log ------- Nov 14 21:52:24 twoflower pppd[530]: pppd 2.3.11 started by me, uid 1000 Nov 14 21:52:25 twoflower chat[531]: abort on (BUSY) Nov 14 21:52:25 twoflower chat[531]: abort on (NO CARRIER) Nov 14 21:52:25 twoflower chat[531]: abort on (VOICE) Nov 14 21:52:25 twoflower chat[531]: abort on (NO DIALTONE) Nov 14 21:52:25 twoflower chat[531]: abort on (NO DIAL TONE) Nov 14 21:52:25 twoflower chat[531]: abort on (NO ANSWER) Nov 14 21:52:25 twoflower chat[531]: send (ATZ^M) Nov 14 21:52:25 twoflower chat[531]: expect (OK) Nov 14 21:52:25 twoflower chat[531]: ATZ^M^M Nov 14 21:52:25 twoflower chat[531]: OK Nov 14 21:52:25 twoflower chat[531]: -- got it Nov 14 21:52:25 twoflower chat[531]: send (ATM0^M) Nov 14 21:52:25 twoflower chat[531]: expect (OK) Nov 14 21:52:25 twoflower chat[531]: ^M Nov 14 21:52:25 twoflower chat[531]: ATM0^M^M Nov 14 21:52:25 twoflower chat[531]: OK Nov 14 21:52:25 twoflower chat[531]: -- got it Nov 14 21:52:25 twoflower chat[531]: send (ATDT82744888^M) Nov 14 21:52:26 twoflower chat[531]: expect (CONNECT) Nov 14 21:52:26 twoflower chat[531]: ^M Nov 14 21:53:11 twoflower chat[531]: alarm Nov 14 21:53:11 twoflower chat[531]: Failed Nov 14 21:53:11 twoflower pppd[530]: Connect script failed Nov 14 21:53:12 twoflower pppd[530]: Exit. ---- ppp.log ---- what is the alarm message? Is something wrong in my setup? or is this just life? -------------------------------------------------------- Today people in droves hurry up past Heumoz to Villars on the road to the ski hills, so they can rush down them as fast as possible, so they can hurry up again in order to rush down again. In a way this is funny,... Francis A Schaeffer David Purton http://www.chariot.net.au/~dcpurton/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]