The Makefile in the zaptel source directory includes an option to make config It copies the zaptel.init into the /etc/rc.d/init.d directory allowing RH v9 users to execute service zaptel stop, service zaptel start, etc. It seems that executing the 'service zaptel ...' approach to restarting those functions leads to unpredictable use/failures, particularily after two or more reloads. (That's obviously after stopping asterisk first.) The date of the zaptel.init file is July 2003. Is it possible this needs to be updated or restructured given all other changes that have occurred since then? (I'm not a programmer, obviously.) Rich