Well group,
I got this all working. I am working with Steve, N4IRS to narrow down what changes I've made that caused it to work, but the short answer is is that it was simply a config file issue and had nothing to do with DIAL itself.
I'll post again once I've determined exactly which option in the config did the trick so others in the future can benefit. Thank you all that offered suggestions and help, and more importantly, a huge Thanks to Steve for building DIAL for us! I am very excited to ditch CentOS and move to an operating system that is rock solid and whose future isn't controlled by a corporate giant! :)
Thanks all,
73
James
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