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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hey, an SMS500. Nice to see some history still going. <span style='font-family:Wingdings'>J</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Debug ppp and/or aaa on your sms, can’t remember the sub-options but you want the one that shows you the contents of the LCP messages.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Either that or put a sniffer in and get them that way.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Its probably the two ends disagreeing about lcp options, with the obvious suspect being multilink. It may be that your modem doesn’t like being offered it, and one end or the other is refusing to negotiate it away. Without debug info, its hard to know which.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>MLPPP Bonding is notoriously hard to get working on dsl, good luck. I have some alternative technology suggestions to achieve that end if you want, PM me.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>cheers<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ian<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>