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[Joe Isom]

Vlok Stone:

1.  Here's what I got when I did /sbin/ifconfig

[joe at dhcp-124-6 joe]$ /sbin/ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:E0:6F:05:xx:xx
          inet addr:24.51.30.xxx  Bcast:255.255.255.255 
Mask:255.255.254.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:5465 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:295 errors:86644 dropped:0 overruns:86644
carrier:86644
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
          RX bytes:542020 (529.3 Kb)  TX bytes:39538 (38.6 Kb)
 
lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:4937 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:4937 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:335777 (327.9 Kb)  TX bytes:335777 (327.9 Kb)

2.  Here's the tail end of what I got when I CTRL C'd my ping of
Yahoo.com:

 --- 66.218.71.198 ping statistics ---
30 packets transmitted, 30 received, 0% packet loss, time 29284ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 88.641/93.052/101.510/2.132 ms

3.  Here's what I got for your number 3:

[joe at dhcp-124-6 joe]$ su
Password:
[root at dhcp-124-6 joe]# cat /etc/resolv.conf
; generated by /sbin/dhclient-script
search buf.adelphia.net
nameserver 68.168.224.162
nameserver 68.168.224.165
[root at dhcp-124-6 joe]#

Paul,

When I go into setup through the terminal, the firewall is set to high
security.  I tried everything to change it from high, even selecting "No
firewall."  It acts as if it is taking it, but if I go right back in
there, it has reverted to high security.

If I go to "Security Level" under "System Settings" in the GUI, I can
change it to whatever I want.  I set it to "No firewall", got out, then
went back in, and it was still set to "No firewall."  But when I then
went to "Firewall configuration" under setup through the terminal, the
"High" selection is still marked.  I can change it there, but it doesn't
keep.

The bottom line is that I'm still getting the "connection refused . . ."
message.

I really appreciate your help.  I look forward to anymore suggestions.

But I've got to get in bed for an early rise.

I'll be able to check back tomorrow night.

Thanks again.

Joe