diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d0ce08f53..9647d420e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2006-01-12  Robert Love  <rml@novell.com>
+
+	* src/backends/NetworkManagerSuSE.c: Put the ppp device in the
+	  description so that the description is unique for each
+	  pair (device,provider).  Fixes Novell #142773.
+
 2006-01-12  Dan Williams  <dcbw@redhat.com>
 
 	* src/nm-device-802-11-wireless.c
diff --git a/src/backends/NetworkManagerSuSE.c b/src/backends/NetworkManagerSuSE.c
index e6586713b..d280f70d7 100644
--- a/src/backends/NetworkManagerSuSE.c
+++ b/src/backends/NetworkManagerSuSE.c
@@ -854,14 +854,14 @@ GSList * nm_system_get_dialup_config (void)
 			 goto out_free;
 
 		config = g_malloc (sizeof (NMDialUpConfig));
+		config->data = g_strdup (dentry + 6); /* skip the "ifcfg-" prefix */
 		if (modem) {
-			config->name = g_strdup_printf ("%s via Modem", provider_name);
+			config->name = g_strdup_printf ("%s via modem (%s)", provider_name, (char *) config->data);
 			config->type = NM_DIALUP_TYPE_MODEM;
 		} else {
-			config->name = g_strdup_printf ("%s via ISDN", provider_name);
+			config->name = g_strdup_printf ("%s via ISDN (%s)", provider_name, (char *) config->data);
 			config->type = NM_DIALUP_TYPE_ISDN;
 		}
-		config->data = g_strdup (dentry + 6); /* skip the "ifcfg-" prefix */
 
 		list = g_slist_append (list, config);