make that "you must be on a different internet" also let me provide some more complete output: $ ping archlinux.c3sl.ufpr.br ping: unknown host archlinux.c3sl.ufpr.br $ ping sagres.c3sl.ufpr.br ping: unknown host sagres.c3sl.ufpr.br $ ping 200.236.31.1 PING 200.236.31.1 (200.236.31.1) 56(84) bytes of data. ^C --- 200.236.31.1 ping statistics --- 14 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 13008ms cheers! mar77i