On Sun, Jun 29, 2003 at 06:50:40PM -0400, Janina Sajka wrote: > We used the adsl-setup script to configure the ppp0 device. During that > process, she put in her username and password for the ISP, which is > Earth Link, by the way. > > She definitely connects. She's successfully ssh'd to my system, and > scp'd files from me. I managed to ssh over there once--but then the > session went dead after about a minute. > > So, I had her issue : > > ifconfig ppp0 |grep inet > > several times, about a minute apart. We had a different address every > time. Have her send you her /var/log/messages file. The most likely thing that's occuring is that the pppd keeps disconnecting nad reconnecting. Tommy