> It definitely sounds like a DNS issue. Verify that the IP addresses you > are using are correct, and see if you can ping those addresses (to make > sure the servers are up, although DNS may still be broken on them even > if they respond to a ping). the simple way to check if there's a DNS server at least listening; is to telnet to port 53. chrome at steel:~$ telnet 65.193.16.1 53 Trying 65.193.16.1... Connected to 65.193.16.1. Escape character is '^]'. looks like Real-Time's DNS server is working. :) Carl Soderstrom -- Network Engineer Real-Time Enterprises (952) 943-8700