Hi Jacques: I only hear the modem dial as it is booting or when I tell gnome-ppp to dial. Gnome-ppp does say the modem is there when you query it. And I have copied and pasted the commands just as I was asked to. With wvdial it does nothing. No one has asked me to run once sudo wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf . forrest@warden-Ubu-1:~$ run once sudo wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf bash: run: command not When I pasted the command without the run once this happened: forrest@warden-Ubu-1:~$ sudo wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf [sudo] password for forrest: Editing `/etc/wvdial.conf'. Scanning your serial ports for a modem. Modem Port Scan<*1>: Scanning ttySHSF0 first, /dev/modem is a link to it. ttySHSF0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 -- OK ttySHSF0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 Z -- OK ttySHSF0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 -- OK ttySHSF0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 -- OK ttySHSF0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 -- OK ttySHSF0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 -- OK ttySHSF0<*1>: Modem Identifier: ATI -- 56000 ttySHSF0<*1>: Speed 4800: AT -- OK ttySHSF0<*1>: Speed 9600: AT -- OK ttySHSF0<*1>: Speed 19200: AT -- OK ttySHSF0<*1>: Speed 38400: AT -- OK ttySHSF0<*1>: Speed 57600: AT -- OK ttySHSF0<*1>: Speed 115200: AT -- OK ttySHSF0<*1>: Speed 230400: AT -- OK ttySHSF0<*1>: Speed 460800: AT -- OK ttySHSF0<*1>: Max speed is 460800; that should be safe. ttySHSF0<*1>: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 -- OK Modem Port Scan<*1>: S1 S2 S3 SHSF1 SHSF2 SHSF3 SHSF4 SHSF5 Modem Port Scan<*1>: SHSF6 SHSF7 Found a modem on /dev/ttySHSF0, using link /dev/modem in config. Modem configuration written to /etc/wvdial.conf. ttySHSF0<Info>: Speed 460800; init "ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0" forrest@warden-Ubu-1:~$ I open the config file with sudo gedit /etc/wvdial.conf and as always, the information is there. [Dialer Defaults] Init1 = ATZ Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 Modem Type = Analog Modem ISDN = 0 Phone = 2990051 Modem = /dev/modem Username = fpcharnock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Password = *********** Baud = 460800 Then I typed sudo wvdial forrest@warden-Ubu-1:~$ sudo wvdial [sudo] password for forrest: --> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.60 --> Initializing modem. --> Sending: ATZ ATZ OK --> Sending: ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 OK --> Modem initialized. --> Sending: ATDT2990051 --> Waiting for carrier. ATDT2990051 CONNECT 460800 --> Carrier detected. Waiting for prompt. Level 3 Comm nas19.nvl1 UQKT2 Username:/login:/Login: --> Looks like a login prompt. --> Sending: fpcharnock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx fpcharnock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Password: --> Looks like a password prompt. --> Sending: (password) Entering PPP Session. IP address is 4.153.65.134 MTU is 1524. --> Looks like a welcome message. --> Starting pppd at Thu Nov 19 21:36:02 2009 --> Pid of pppd: 6612 --> Using interface ppp0 --> pppd: ��2[08]��2[08] --> pppd: ��2[08]��2[08] --> pppd: ��2[08]��2[08] --> local IP address 4.153.65.134 --> pppd: ��2[08]��2[08] --> remote IP address 209.244.16.217 --> pppd: ��2[08]��2[08] --> primary DNS address 207.69.188.187 --> pppd: ��2[08]��2[08] --> secondary DNS address 207.69.188.186 --> pppd: ��2[08]��2[08] This time I heard it dial but it was not online so I typed sudo cp /etc/ppp/resolv.conf /etc/resolv.conf and nothing happened so I typed sudo ifconfig -a and this happened: forrest@warden-Ubu-1:~$ sudo cp /etc/ppp/resolv.conf /etc/resolv.conf [sudo] password for forrest: forrest@warden-Ubu-1:~$ sudo ifconfig -a eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1d:09:93:8e:fa BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:4817 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:4185 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:3638002 (3.6 MB) TX bytes:1165844 (1.1 MB) Memory:fdfc0000-fdfe0000 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:56 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:56 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:3808 (3.8 KB) TX bytes:3808 (3.8 KB) pan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 42:fe:cc:d1:d6:a9 BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol inet addr:4.153.65.134 P-t-P:209.244.16.217 Mask:255.255.255.255 UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:16 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:3 RX bytes:526 (526.0 B) TX bytes:239 (239.0 B) forrest@warden-Ubu-1:~$ I hope this information helps you. Thanks O