OK, I can lynx to other sites and I can ping along as I use numeric ip
addresses.  Here is the test firewall script I am currently using when I
do this.  BTW, ports 53 (both udp and tcp) do not yield me any thing.  I
use a regular name server at 24.221.30.3.
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#!/bin/sh
# Firewall testing script

ipchains -P input DENY
ipchains -P forward DENY
ipchains -P output ACCEPT

ipchains -A forward -s 192.168.1.0/24 -i eth1 -j MASQ
ipchains -A input -i lo -j ACCEPT
ipchains -A input -i eth0 -j ACCEPT
ipchains -A input -p tcp ! -y --dport 1024:65535 -j ACCEPT
ipchains -A input -p icmp -j ACCEPT