>Have you checked that you have a correct 'homepage' entry in Netscape, I
>found that problem after one of my installs.
>
It is set to "Browser starts with Blank page," and the home page the
Home page button is set to is http://home.netscape.com I don't see how an
error here could affect the ping thing though.
>Also check if you have proxys enabled, could be in there too.
>
There are no proxys enabled as far as I can tell. If there were,
would I see that in the "DrakConf" utility, or should look somewhere else?
I know that I have never knowingly enabled any proxys.
DRX
