Hi, do a /sbin/route, you should get something like: Ziel Router Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 10.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo default 10.0.0.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 while the entry with the Flags "UG" must be there, so you get access to any other network. The router n this line must be the Interface/IP-Adress to the Internet, otherwise you get everywhere, but not to internet. To add the UG-entry, juste uste route add eg like route add -net default gw eth0. It might also be possbile, that your externel interface has to be eth0 not eth1, so you perhaps can also try with aliasing your interfaces HTH Roger >>>When tried to go to any website, getting alert "The connection was >>>refused when attempting to contact www.google.com" >>>When I issued "ping www.google.com" I got "Connect: Network is >>> >>> >>unreadchable" >> >> >>>** >>>I can pint 192.168.1.1 (The router ) successively. >>>The firewall is turned off. >>>This FC1 is a fresh installation. >>>This machine works on w2k, >>>This machine also worked on Red Hat 9 before this new FC1 installation. >>>This machine has fix ip add 192.168.1.222, the router (gateway) is >>>192.168.1.1 and I can ping it without failure. >>>can any one provide some steps to diagnose this ? Tks a lot.