Have just started trying to use Linux. Downloaded Pygmy, installed on top of DOS and it boots OK. ppp-setup was run and data was entered for an ISP including DNS, which all works on the same PC for DOS+Arachne. When the command ppp-go is run there is a delay before dialling commences, then (with the Debug line in one of the ppp config files uncommented) the following display is obtained:- ------------------------------------------------ Serial connection established. Using interface ppp0 Connect: ppp0 /dev/ttyS2 sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 ] sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 ] sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 ] sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 ] sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 ] Modem hangup Connection terminated. ------------------------------------------------ Can anyone please suggest a remedy or explain what is going on? Thanks John

Can't help too much I'm afraid. LCP (link control protocol) configures the data being sent at the LLC layer. Link establishment, link maintenance and link termination are all done at this layer over PPP with LCP. What your message is saying is that the initial frames are establishing but not configuring a connection. In short you are a quarter way to nowhere;) This could be a "hard" or "soft" problem. If you can use the modem otherwise you can start at your config file. There is a forum for networking issues that goes more into depth on things like this if it is really a weird problem. Good Luck www.tux.org/hypermail/linuxnetworking

Some ISPs are slow to start up ppp. There is a value you can set in ppp options (lcp_config_request IIRC) which will increase the wait time for the server to start up. Read the PPP howto at ibiblio.org for all the options.

Thank you all for the info. I'll follow up your suggested sites. John