> out my network may not be functioning. I tried pinging google, my > router and a few other places all without success. Well, it could be a couple different things, depending on what sort of response you got back. If an attempt to ping told you that the host name couldn't be found, your networking might be working, but the DNS information isn't properly translating the human-readable addresses (like "www.google.com" to the dotted-quad "216.239.39.104" when I just did it). So, you might try pinging the IP address instead. However, if this is how you tested pinging your router by IP address rather than DNS name, then it's likely your networking has some setup problems. I assume your router dynamically allocates internal addresses via DHCP. Your machine might be configured to use a static rather than a dynamic IP address. You can also check to see what the output of "ifconfig" returns for your primary network interface. Things to check are that you have a valid IP address (such as 192.168.x.y, which I understand is the range which most commercial routers map to) and that the status is set to "UP" rather than "DOWN". -tim _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list