On Mon, 2008-02-04 at 12:15 -0800, rfjones wrote: > I am unable to connect to either google or yahoo; all i get are timeouts > even from yahoo homepage the search box times out > fc8 and firefox 2.0.0.11, same setup as when it was working a few days > ago > Any ideas would be greatly appreciated How are you connected to the net? Can you ping your nameservers and resolve names? Got a router? Tell us about your setup to narrow down the problem. 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 <---down4now too ================================================