Here is an additional error message. And remember though I get this, the other ppp connection to the first machine I mentioned is up and workign: Aug 29 11:32:23 BJ9008 pptpd[11780]: GRE: read(fd=6,buffer=804e5e0,len=8196) from PTY failed: status = -1 error = Input/output error, usually caused by unexpected termination of pppd, check option syntax and pppd logs -- 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