I wonder if it could either be a modem configuration issue, or a problem in the kernel PPP code that is causing the connection to stall. A few random things to try: - See if the stalls still happen if you do "setserial /dev/modem irq 0" - See if it matters if eth0 is "up" while you're using PPP - Try setting CORE_OPTS="io_speed=200" in your PCMCIA startup options -- Dave |