hello, I've a FC3 with an external Elsa Microlink 56k modem on /dev/ttyS0. all works OK (both with kppp and with the activation of the pp0 from the network panel): I.E. the /sbin/route -n once connected says: Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 212.63.96.77 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 ppp0 192.168.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 0.0.0.0 212.63.96.77 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 ppp0 the problem is about (I guess...) DNS. ping doesn't go, I.E.: [root@fedora3 etc]# ping www.google.com ping: unknown host www.google.com [root@fedora3 etc]# ping 66.249.93.104 PING 66.249.93.104 (66.249.93.104) 56(84) bytes of data. ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted ...and the corresponding logs are tons of things like these: Nov 6 21:11:06 fedora3 kernel: Unknown InputIN=ppp0 OUT= MAC= SRC=218.27.16.180 DST=212.63.101.78 LEN=337 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=42 ID=0 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=59758 DPT=1026 LEN=317 Nov 6 21:11:29 fedora3 kernel: Unknown OutputIN= OUT=ppp0 SRC=212.63.101.78 DST=66.249.93.104 LEN=84 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=0 DF PROTO=ICMP TYPE=8 CODE=0 ID=17717 SEQ=0 Nov 6 21:11:30 fedora3 kernel: Unknown OutputIN= OUT=ppp0 SRC=212.63.101.78 DST=66.249.93.104 LEN=84 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=1 DF PROTO=ICMP TYPE=8 CODE=0 ID=17717 SEQ=1 my /etc/resolv.conf is: search home.net nameserver 192.168.0.50 nameserver 212.63.96.34 nameserver 212.63.96.35 192.168.0.50 DNS is ***only internal**** (home.net, for experimental purpose) with BIND in other words, in /var/named/chroot/etc/named.conf the outside zone is all /*commented*/ The 212.63**** DNSs are my provider's regular and in-great-shape DNSs. any clue? as always thanks a lot in advance for your reply, fabiano
