Lemme try again, I'm still in a learning curve here on this DSL / Static IP address thing. I have a Bell South DSL modem I set the modem to "passthrough" mode I assign these values to my FC5 machine using network control. IP address: 70.145.234.214 Gateway 65.14.234.41 DNS 1 205.152.37.23 DNS 2 205.152.132.23 DNS name dns.asm.bellsouth.net Is there anything that I am missing? I have localhost set up as well. Do I need to set up a route? Route add? I have none at the present. I used to have a route set up using dial up to a static IP account years ago, so I'm thinking I need one now. Yes, I have to stop and start the network a bunch of times to enable my DHCP setup before it will work, when I am force to use it. Then it gets stable. I have to have network manager service running for DHCP mode to resolve the names. When I go passthrough, the problem is resolving names whether I have network manager running or not. I'm thinking of just deleting eth0 and starting from scratch. I have had this crate running just fine, then BOOM! It goes down. What I would like is to have this thing running in old timey mode where I have the edits down pat and rely on nothing automated or gui. The modem is supposed to play dead, in passthrough mode and allow me to connect to the Gateway directly. Any help would be greatly appreciated. A friend suggested I use bridge mode instead of passthough. The modem will do either. Thanks for any considerations. Ric -- ================================================ My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ...the Sin of Ignorance, and ...the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar http://www.wayward4now.net ================================================
