My modem problems are irritating and still present=2E After Chris Bardin relayed the advice given him by the Mandrake people the m= odem would dial out; unfortunately that is all it does! Just before the exch= ange of login and password takes place it disconnects=2E Then I got an exter= nal modem=2E (a ZOOM) And now it does the same thing it did before=2E Accord= ing to the kppp debug window it happens after the ATZ appears after it dial= s the phone number=2E Could someone relay to me their 'Modem Command' settings that is in the kppp= configure? The onesw I think are relevant are: Hangup string: +++ATH Answer string: ATA Escape string: +++ :-)Mike(-: Does anyone know what is happening?