The problem seems to have fixed itself somewhat. I had brekfast and then came back to finish off this problem and the web worked fine. Perhaps my ISP was doing maintenance all night. Thanks for all your help. Jared On 9/15/05, Bob Chiodini <rchiodin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, 2005-09-15 at 06:09 -0700, Jared Hall wrote: > > I have been able to ping google.com without packet loss but I can not > > establish an http connection. where should I start looking for > > answers? > > > > Jared > > > > Jared, > > What does cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_ecn produce? Try setting it to 0 > if it's not already. > > Also, if this is a DSL/cable connection through an ethernet I/F, check > link speed and duplex (mii-tool). Make sure they match your modem. > > BTW: I cannot ping www.redhat.com either > > Bob... > > >