Hi Ric, I just know, that some things don't work... Can you tell, what works? What happens, if you "ping/traceroute" the Gateway-IP? What happens, if you do a "nslookup www.redhat.com" (or things like that"? cu, Joe -- Dipl.-Ing. Jörg Ventker, RHCE joe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Schlösserweg 26 48282 Emsdetten (+49)(0)170-44 900 14