Subj : Linux Distros and BBBS? To : Jeff Smith From : mark lewis Date : Thu Nov 22 2018 05:31:00 On 2018 Nov 21 15:01:14, you wrote to me: [...] JS> it made no difference to the connection issue of being able to make JS> outbound connections. I was able to connect and ping the router. Oddly JS> I was also able to ping the Google's DNS servers ok. But was unable to JS> connect or ping Google itself OR anywhere else. if you're still playing with this problem, i'm curious what traceroute says... ping is only basically helpful... traceroute can point to where the breakage is... )\/(ark Always Mount a Scratch Monkey Do you manage your own servers? If you are not running an IDS/IPS yer doin' it wrong... .... Sleep is a totally inadequate substitute for caffeine. --- * Origin: (1:3634/12.73) .