This problem could really benefit from some vendor clue ... as to why the strange IP address is proposed, and what should be done about it. I drew a blank with the 3G modems in Australia, perhaps because the vendor here was only a reseller. -- James Cameron http://quozl.netrek.org/ HP Open Source, Volunteer http://opensource.hp.com/ PPTP Client Project, Release Engineer http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ppp" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html