Did you configure a DNS (domain name server)? Your box needs the IP
address of a DNS so it can translate www.whatever.com to an address it can
contact.
Ask your ISP for the IP numbers for their DNS.
>I'm a real newbie and am having a bit of a problem with my PPP dial-up
>connection. I'm running redhat 5.2 and used linuxconf to setup a ppp
>connection to my ISP. When I run it I hook up, run ifconfig and see
>that it's running, but when I run Lynx it tells me that www.whatever.com
>is a badly formed address. I can't run ftp or mail because I get the
