On 6 Feb 2005, at 15:24, jim lawrence wrote: > -- Can you ping a IP address e.g. ping -c4 64.233.161.104 ? if > yes > > can you ping a address r.g ping -c4 www.google.com ? I think this last test is meaningless as some remote sites block ICMP Echo Request, as well as many middle nodes. I would try: telnet www.google.com 80 instead.