Yes, pppd is installed. When I tupe 'sudo pppd' (assuming this shows the modem log) it says "The remote system is required to authenticate itself but i couldn't find any sutable secret password for it to use to do so. (None of the available passwords would let it use an IP address.)"
So maybe for some reason it is rejecting my password? It accepts the same one in windows though.. Am I supposed to re-enter the password somewhere for authentication?
Thanks for the reply, horndude!