I forgot to tell you how to hang up the modem. Go back to the same console where, as root, you issued the wvdial & command. Remember we put it in the background so you could have your console back? Now, bring it to the foreground with the following command: fg Now, just do a Ctrl-C -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org