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From: stephenreynolds
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 00:00

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Before we can help, we need a bit more info.

First question - you say you can set up a PPP connection, can you ping an
internet site? At the command prompt type "ping hp.com" without the quotes,
you should get output something like:

PING hp.com (192.151.52.13): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 192.151.52.13: icmp_seq=0 ttl=241 time=618.7 ms
64 bytes from 192.151.52.13: icmp_seq=1 ttl=241 time=590.0 ms
64 bytes from 192.151.52.13: icmp_seq=2 ttl=241 time=550.0 ms

Let us know whether ping works, and then we'll take it from there. If ping
works then you really are connected. Don't despair, surfing the net is easy
with Linux, probably easier - and possibly your connection will be more
stable, than with Windows.

It's the rest that gets difficult :-)

Steve



========== Original message ==========

I have my modem setup with no worries.  I can also setup a PPP connection to
my ISP also with no worries but still I cannot surf the net.  Can anybody
help me.  Im using netscape 4.06 for linux and have Redhat Linux 5.0
installed. What is the difference between TCP/IP and PPP because I can
connect to the Internet using TCP/IP DUN int Win98!  Can you please help me
as I would much rather use Linux than Win98 todo anything.

Fred Thompson

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