I have configured ppp on my Redhat 5.0 and 5.2 machines using the control panel. I like to start and stop ppp from a command line as I don't always use X. First, setuid the pppd program. This is so that ppp can be started or stopped without having to login as root. Do a "man chmod" if you don't know how to do this. If you don't mind doing this from a root login, you don't have to do this. I use these commands to start ppp. cd /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts ./ifup-ppp ifcfg-ppp0& These commands stop ppp - cd /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts ./ifdown-ppp ifcfg-ppp0 &