In article <199706300108.DAA07927@jehova.owl.de>,
	samborg@algonet.se (Samuel Borgman) writes:
> rtscts

crtscts
^

> login
> auth

These options are only useful for hosts *accepting* connections.

> when I try to connect the modem calls up and connects but after about one
> second it hangs up and pppd says something like "Serial line loop back" ...

You supply a chat command to dial to your provider?

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