I cannot ping www.google.com. My resolve.conf contains comcast domain name servers, plus I included a non-comcast nameserver. The search portion of the /etc/resolv.conf reads search ce1.client2.attbi.com Where does that information come from? I don't have a fire wall between the cable modem and the eth0..... though it acts like there is. I'm not used to RedHat tools for configuration, and I'm used to doing all the files by hand while looking at a system in the same network. All my notes and cheatsheets are not with me, so I'm just bouncing around. Thanks again.... I'm just about ready to hit the road to return to Mpls and this system in a couple of weeks. AlaskaJon On Fri, Aug 15, 2003 at 09:08:43PM -0500, Comcast Mail wrote: > > I'm having way to much fun. me too, I'm drinking red stripe beer :) > <snip> > > ifconfig -a shows eth0 is up, it has an assigned IP address from > comcast. good, and you can ping an IP address such as 128.101.101.101? can you ping a hostname such as google.com? If you answered yes to the first and no the the second than you need to add some DNS servers to your /etc/resolv.conf file. Your ISP should have some handy for you to use, if not, I am sure the list can provide some assistance with that as well. <snip> > > I'm failing miserably at this point. naw, the Inet just needs a reboot ;) > <snip> > > Another note: Comcast was not much help with providing > dns/gateway/ip address information for configuring the system. The > install guy didn't have any of that information so I had to connect > with a windows laptop to run winipcf to get some information. Is your computer connet directly into the cable modem, or do you have a firewall between you and the cable modem? > > Thanks in anticipation, no, thank you :) good luck. -- Linux Administrator || Technology Specialist || Wifi Engineer http://autonomous.tv/~spencer/resume/ || spencer at autonomous.tv Key fingerprint = 173B 8760 E59F DBF8 6FD2 68F8 ABA2 AB08 49C7 4754 ----- Original Message ----- From: Spencer Butler <spencer at autonomous.tv> To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 9:30 PM Subject: Re: [TCLUG] Comcast and Redhat 9 _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list