In Red Hat 7.2 I have my modem up and running after downloading and installing a module. When I connect to the internet via Gnome's ppp dialer I connect but when I try to surf to a website I get an error that says the host is unreachable. After trying to ping a website in the console (while still in Gnome) I get an error that says the network is unreachable.... I don't know where to start with this one because when I pick my phone up off the hook I hear modem noise so it's obviously connected to the ISP. Where do I start with this one??

You're halfway there. Hang on.

Read mini-how-to at www.linuxdoc.org

It's very common on Linux & Windows when you didn't set the IP & DNS of your ISP.

Find out what your ISP's DNS servers are 1st.


vi /etc/resolv.conf, thats the DNS file.

insert the following

nameserver (ip address)

ie:

nameserver 207.69.188.185
nameserver 207.69.188.186

Hope this helps.
-js

Setting the IP didn't help under GNOME for some reason. But I switched my desktop manager to KDE and it works fine now. In fact I am posting from Konquer... thanks for the help!