Jude: Use the minicom application to configure your modem setup. As root, type: minicom -s You'll find minicom a lot like telex <grin> Then, after you've got your configuration working, use eznet to establish yuour dialup ppp connection. Eznet should be on Bill's site in the Power Tools Redhat CDR. Congradulations on getting up and running, by the way! -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org Will electronic books surpass print books? Read our white paper, Surpassing Gutenberg, at http://www.afb.org/ebook.asp Download a free sample Digital Talking Book edition of Martin Luther King Jr's inspiring "I Have A Dream" speech at http://www.afb.org/mlkweb.asp Learn how to make accessible software at http://www.afb.org/accessapp.asp