>try 'ps -gauwwx'
>
What will this do?
>> 
>> That was my 1st thought and it was initially there.  I have set rc.conf
>> so that it won't run, ever again!  :)  But that wasn't it...Do you think
>> it could be the LCP processes talking back and forth for some reason? 
>> Or something else that is an integral part of ppp?
>> 
>Have you tried running tcpdump on ppp0 yet?  All you should have to do is:
>
Yes, I did, as soon as I saw it on my external modem, that was the first
thing I tried, only to find out I didn't have the damn bpf device!  But 
no,
I haven't tried it since I did the MAKEDEV to create it....

>tcpdump -i ppp0
>
>assuming you have the bpf devices created (if not, do a "cd /dev;
>sh MAKEDEV all" as root).
>
>The tcpdump program should show you what's going over the link...

Yes, I know.  Thats why I tried it so I could see what it was....

Paul