I'm running Mandrake 8.0 and I'm having a problem using the PPP connection that has been established via external Modem. .. Here is the skinny I used kpp to configure dialup access, and the modem dials and connects to my ISP just fine. When I issue an >ifconfig I have 3 entries, entry l0 for the localhost, entry eth0 for my local network and a ppp0 entry (with the dynamic ip address and everything). I directed a ping to the ppp entry (ping -I ppp0 www.google.com) and I get nothing.. I try to connect to the net via netscape and get nothing. To ensure that my ISP was still alive and kicking I moved the modem back to my win box and everything still worked fine. Can anyone lend any type of assistance? - PJ