I have Linux (RedHat 7.3) and XP computers connected to a NetGear router using ethernet connections. The router is connected to a cable modem. From the XP, I can access the Internet and ping the router, Linux, and ISP. From Linux, I cannot access the Internet and cannot ping the ISP, but I can ping the router and XP.

XP is using DHCP. Linux has fixed IP address on the LAN.

How can I connect from Linux to Internet? Thanks for the help.

Can you post the output from this on linux:
route -n
ifocnfig

And this on windows:
ipconfig /all
route print

make sure your router is setup to give you a handful of static addresses. Some store bought routers will only let you do DHCP as an all or nothing deal. This means that either all host have to run dhcp, or all hosts have to have static ip addresses. Other routers let you reserve an address range for manual addresses, so DHCP won't take the address and have conficts.

Thanks for the prior suggestions. Here is how I solved my problem:

I ran ipconfig/all in XP command window to get the three DNS addresses.

On the Linux machine, I ran the network configuration utility (Red-hat 7.3), and entered the DNS addresses in the DNS tab. Did not make any changes to the "DNS Search Path" section of that tab -- do not know what it does anyway.

Also, I entered the Gateway IP address (which is a static address) to be the IP address of the router.

Rebooted the machine. I could then access the Internet from the Linux machine.

This way, the Linux has static address and can function as a server on the LAN and access the Internet for downloads, etc.

Thanks again for the help.

Oh yeah, forgot about those darn DNS servers.....