Yep, that was it.  You spend too many hours trying to hack something 
together and forget stupid things like turning off the modem echo.  8-)

Thanks,

-S-

On Monday, September 30, 2002, at 05:56  PM, Bruce Anderson wrote:

> On Sun, Sep 29, 2002 10:51 AM, J.Scott Kasten <mailto:skasten@qx.net>
> wrote:
>> pppd
>> refuses to connect due to a "serial loopback" condition.
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> If you have a modem connected to this port try adding E0 to
> the end of your modems AT string and retry.
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