Hello!! Can somebody help me solve the below problem wherein I get disconnected time and again while trying to connect. Any help will be appreciated. regards, Mohan Sai mohansai@aumsairam:~$ wvdial --> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.55 --> Cannot get information for serial port. --> Initializing modem. --> Sending: ATZ ATZ OK --> Sending: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +MS=90 ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +MS=90 OK --> Sending: ATM1 ATM1 OK --> Modem initialized. --> Sending: ATDT172233 --> Waiting for carrier. ATDT172233 CONNECT 50667 --> Carrier detected. Starting PPP immediately. --> Starting pppd at Sun Jun 10 07:16:49 2007 --> Warning: Could not modify /etc/ppp/pap-secrets: Permission denied --> --> PAP (Password Authentication Protocol) may be flaky. --> Warning: Could not modify /etc/ppp/chap-secrets: Permission denied --> --> CHAP (Challenge Handshake) may be flaky. --> Pid of pppd: 6160 --> pppd: �[7f]��@�[05][08]��[05][08] --> Using interface ppp0 --> pppd: �[7f]��@�[05][08]��[05][08] --> pppd: �[7f]��@�[05][08]��[05][08] --> pppd: �[7f]��@�[05][08]��[05][08] --> pppd: �[7f]��@�[05][08]��[05][08] --> pppd: �[7f]��@�[05][08]��[05][08] --> pppd: �[7f]��@�[05][08]��[05][08] --> pppd: �[7f]��@�[05][08]��[05][08] --> pppd: �[7f]��@�[05][08]��[05][08] --> pppd: �[7f]��@�[05][08]��[05][08] --> pppd: �[7f]��@�[05][08]��[05][08] --> pppd: �[7f]��@�[05][08]��[05][08] --> pppd: �[7f]��@�[05][08]��[05][08] --> pppd: �[7f]��@�[05][08]��[05][08] --> pppd: �[7f]��@�[05][08]��[05][08] --> pppd: �[7f]��@�[05][08]��[05][08] --> pppd: �[7f]��@�[05][08]��[05][08] --> pppd: �[7f]��@�[05][08]��[05][08] --> pppd: �[7f]��@�[05][08]��[05][08] --> pppd: �[7f]��@�[05][08]��[05][08] --> Disconnecting at Sun Jun 10 07:17:20 2007 --> The PPP daemon has died: A modem hung up the phone (exit code = 16) --> man pppd explains pppd error codes in more detail. --> Try again and look into /var/log/messages and the wvdial and pppd man pages for more information.