(sorry, this is more a suggestion than a bugreport but I could not find a better place to enter it) Usernet does not conform to what most users expect it to do. Could a future version please 1. show up/down/connecting in words instead of colors (there is absolutely no logic behind the colors). 2. have a 'disconnect' option that guarantees to bring the interface down and NOT try to re-connect? Right now it is possible that a connection fails, the status color remaining unchanged, while ifup retries and the user is at a complete loss what to do. He clicks the button a few times, exits usernet, and wonders why the modem does not stop. 3. bring the connection down when usernet gets killed. Most of Red Hat 5.2 was easy to explain to my dad, but usernet is a complete mystery to him. I'm glad his modem is external; with an internal modem it is _really_ difficult to spot what's going on and why usernet doesn't do what you expect. If this is not being planned, let me know; I might fix usernet myself. Kasper
Usernet has various problem that are being looked at. It was an interim interface for ppp and will most likely be replaced by linuxconf and/or a gnome related ppp interface.