I'm sure sorry that your so upset Anne. I run dsl successfully off my linux under RedHat. It runs great out here as far as linux goes. Different companies use different types of software. You mentioned Dashboard whatever that is. Never heard of it. Pacific Bell and Sbc are using the pppoe with enternet300 software. All these companies seem to have outages of one kind or another. Anyway good luck and I hope the cable will work much better for you. The shame of all these companies and their outages go is the bill just keeps on comin'. They don't give us credit. I've had to ring sbc on a few occassions and while they were slow to check in to the problem they are at least nice folks for the most part. Msn or mailto:djc2 at pacbell.net I C Q Number is: 4781694 Join Me On Testpattern Radio on Saturday Evenings. http://www.thetestpattern.com for the Schedule and Information.