Maybe your default gateway has not been set. try route add default gw my.router.host.name
J. -----Original Message----- From: p [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 2:49 PM To: debs Subject: can't ping isp debs, i can ping my lan and router, but i can't get out (from there) to the isp. ifconfig is receiving/tranmitting packets (from the lan) and resolv.conf has the ip addys for the dns servers. what did i overlook? ia, t. bentley taylor. // -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]