OK, after looking around on the web somewhat (on Windoze), I found the problem. Turns out that this was a well-documented problem, except that it took me an upgrade to hit it....turns out that the linux kernel which runs my modem actually had a bug. It is well-documented on the web. So, I played around with it some more and a lot. But then half-an-hour found that Qwest had released a firmware upgrade ten days ago... Miraculously, this has solved the problem which apparently was that addresses routinely got assigned 1.0.0.0 and so went nowhere, without any notice. Isn't it funny, how Qwest refuses to support anything other than MS and then, underlying their modem is a true linux operating system? Anyway, so a wasted weekend later, I have a sort of working modem....sort of, because who knows what other problems are there? Upgrading to FC5 brought this to the fore.... By the way, the modem in question is ActiontecG701-WT by Qwest. Thanks to Craig for helping! Best, Trotter __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
