Ok, the way it is now, I can Ping:
127.0.01 YES
I CANNOT ping any of the 192.168.1.anything addresses, but I saw
something in my modem info, and I CAN ping 0.0.0.
In my modem config pages, it has something that says:
Connection Type PPPoE (select box)
Static IP 0.0.0.0
IP Gateway 0.0.0.0
Primary DNS 0.0.0.0
Secondary DNS 0.0.0.0

I would assume that that may be because of using IP passthrough on the
laptop. This looks nothing like the other dns settings and stuff. Most
of my addresses look pretty much as you expected...


I can also ping the laptop itself, but none of the other pc's on the
net.
**Note, the way this is all hooked up, zone alarm thinks that any
access attempts are over the internet, not the local net (I'm sure you
knew this).

I looked, and the hosts table on the laptop is totally different from
either the one on the other edubuntu machine, or the modem. I have
around 10 entries or more, lots of ipv6 stuff (??)

Should the hosts and net routing tables match the ones on the other
buntu pc? Should I possibly try going back with the dhcp on the laptop?
There was a time for about 1 or 2 min a couple days ago, that I got on
the internet, but I lost it. I think that was right before I tried
setting it to static ip (the modem too). I noticed then, that the time
was a minute or so, off the xp's clock, and figured that it couldv'e
been an issue with the time server. So I enabled the thing in buntu,
and selected the .gov one in VA, mostly coz I'm in GA and its
close....anyway. The clock is right now, but :-( the internet hasnt
come back. And my modem has some sort of setting for adding time
servers. (Obviously, I have no business with such a complicated piece
of machinery LOL.)


Sidebar:
> When working with UNIX/Linux systems I find it really valuable to use
the "hosts" table as a documentation tool for the network.
>
> Example:
> 127.0.0.1 localhost (this should ALWAYS be in the table)
> 192.168.1.1 Gateway GW (Doing this allows you to ping using the
command "ping GW" or "ping Gateway").
> 192.168.254 Printer1 NP1 (Doing this allows you to ping using the
command "ping NP1" or "ping Printer1").
>
> Basically, everything with a static LAN address should be listed. Then
you should list your DHCP range in comments. This will tell anyone
working on the system what the network looks like. Then you can FTP it
to your Winbloz servers and PC's. Then no matter where you are standing
in the network you're IP Aliases will always work.

This makes more sense than anything else I've read on
the subject, but HUH???

This is where the break between my desire and my knowledge becomes
highly evident