Hate to give up

[Ray Leventhal]

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> $ ping 74.125.57.100
> 64 bytes from 74.125.67.100 56(84)bytes of data
> 64 bytes from 74.125.57 100 1cmp seq 1 ttl=51 time 180 ms
> and so on and on
> 
> $ping 209.85.171.100
> 64 bytes from 209.85.171.100 1cmp seq =1 ttl=24 time =199ms and so on and on
> 
> it seems to me that the internet connection with my provider is working
> just fine and that the problem lies with firefox. John
> 

Actually, as you're able to ping by IP address but not by host name, the 
problem most likely lies with your DNS configuration.

Would you please post the output of this command?

cat /etc/resolv.conf

Thanks,
Ray