On May 20, 2004 at 03:02, Steven P. Ulrick in a soothing rage wrote: [...] >Here are a few lines from when I ran "ping" on my internet providers >address, followed by the summary line: > >PING 12.148.211.65 (12.148.211.65) 56(84) bytes of data. >64 bytes from 12.148.211.65: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=89.7 ms >64 bytes from 12.148.211.65: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=87.9 ms Gr8, you can ping ip addresses but can you ping names ie www.google.com, www.yahoo.com. I suspect you have not set up /etc/resolv.conf. If I have guessed incorrectly, you may need to turn of ecn: echo "0" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_ecn or edit /etc/sysctl.conf and add: net.ipv4.tcp_ecn = 0 then reboot for joy... N.Emile... -- Registered Linux User # 125653 (http://counter.li.org) Switch to: http://www.speakeasy.net/refer/190653 Take heart amid the deepening gloom that your dog is finally getting enough cheese. -- National Lampoon, "Deteriorata" 08:12:38 up 2 days, 13:03, 4 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00