ppp confusion

[nevle]

hi,
I'm new to BSD and am having trouble configuring my ppp.My ppp.conf file is 
the same as the manual accept for:
line 7 set login
line 15 accept PAP
and line 17 set if addr 10.0.0.1/0 10.0.0.2/0 255.255.255.255
my ppp.linkup file says
MYADDR:
 delete ALL
 add 0 0 HISADDR
my hosts file says 
127.0.0.1 nevsbsd.nevsbsd localhost
The lights on my modem go on when I type"ppp -auto myisp"  but I don't get PPP 
ON or any indication that I'm connected. I tried ping -c 210.216.27.18 and 
got "invalid count of packages to transmit".I've read all the instructions I 
could find but each is slightly different and I'm not sure what to do next.
Any help or suggestions would be gratefully received
thanks in advance 
neville