Sorry about that. Oh - and in my main message, when I said "desktop," I meant laptop. Thanks again.
SuSE Meta pppd (smpppd-ifcfg), Version 1.59 on sprite. Status is: disconnected trying to connect to smpppd connect to smpppd Status is: disconnected Status is: connecting pppd[0]: Plugin passwordfd.so loaded. pppd[0]: --> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.54.0 pppd[0]: --> Initializing modem. pppd[0]: --> Sending: ATZ pppd[0]: ATZ pppd[0]: OK pppd[0]: --> Sending: AT Q0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 pppd[0]: AT Q0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 pppd[0]: OK pppd[0]: --> Sending: ATM1 pppd[0]: ATM1 pppd[0]: OK pppd[0]: --> Modem initialized. pppd[0]: --> Sending: ATDT13102068311 pppd[0]: --> Waiting for carrier. pppd[0]: ATDT13102068311 pppd[0]: CONNECT 41333 pppd[0]: --> Carrier detected. Waiting for prompt. pppd[0]: --> Don't know what to do! Starting pppd and hoping for the best. pppd[0]: Serial connection established. pppd[0]: Renamed interface ppp0 to modem0 pppd[0]: Using interface modem0 Status is: connecting pppd[0]: Connect: modem0 <--> /dev/ttySL0