> Ok.. I'm assuming you mean the "." after localhost. > I missed it too. Actually, I meant the dot after your NS entries. Because the NS entries are IPs, they are assumed to be hostnames. So the ORIGIN is appended. That's why you use names in the NS entries, not IP addresses. Don't know what happens if you append a dot after the IP address. It might work, it might not. -- Bryan J. Smith Professional, Technical Annoyance b.j.smith at ieee.org http://thebs413.blogspot.com ---------------------------------------------------- *** Speed doesn't kill, difference in speed does ***