Hi I am making great strides in getting all my computers safely connected to the internet. Thanks Tom for your script, my first attempt wouldn't allow for http still haven't figured out what I did. I know have dial on demand with ppp and it even starts the firewall correctly. I also have one windows machine set up so it can surf through the linux box. However the other windows machine refuses to connect through the linux box. I set up DNS and gateway put the requests never reach pppd to dial out. the connections are all okay because I use the linux box as a printer for all 3 machines. I can use samba and kermit between the win and linux machine as well. Any suggestions. My husband really likes the internet and maybe he'll cook Saturday if I get this setup right. Thanks Linda Hanigan _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list