thank you Alexander, let me be more clear. -------------- ------------- - - ----------------- ISP - ADSL -Gbl IP -----------192.168.11./24 - FC3 - 192.168.1./24- - ---------- ROUTER ------------ Lcl RT ----------------- DHCP ------------ --- PC1 - - - ----------- - IP masq - - - ------------ local router - - ----------------- -------------- I want to take off the <Lcl RT> and connect directly the <FC3> to the <ADSL ROUTER> and share the internet connection from it so that PC1 can access the internet and <FC3>get the global IP directly from <ADSL router>. I'm using<Lcl RT>because I cannot share the internet with <FC3>. So I have some other PCs using it for the internet connection. With my network looking like this , PC1 can make communications with skype(http://www.skype.com) but not with MSN messenger or Yahoo messenger and cannot access the websites. I have this in /etc/resolv.conf nameserver 192.168.11.1 and have this in /etc/hosts # Do not remove the following line, or various programs # that require network functionality will fail. 127.0.0.1 naxis localhost.localdomain localhost I set the GATEWAT of <PC1> to 192.168.1.1(FC3) the nameserver is blank