Brian...Had the same problem here a few weeks ago you might try some of the init strings found at http://www.motorola.com/networking/products/sm56_ac-l/index.html I finally got the modem to connect about 7 out of 10 trys. Thats the best we could ever do. Greg Owens Magnolia Internet Services http://www.magnolia-net.com I am having some clients report that they are having problems connecting with Motorola SM56 modems (we are on DSP 2.0.51). Has anyone else seen this? any known fixes? ----------------------------------------------------- Brian Feeny (BF304) signal@shreve.net 318-222-2638 x 109 http://www.shreve.net/~signal Network Administrator ShreveNet Inc. (ASN 11881)