<snip> >> > Do a netstat -na|grep 53 > > Lets be really sure. > > Hi Robert, Thanks for the reply. as requested: [root at sunspot ray]# netstat -na|grep 53 tcp 0 0 64.135.16.15:53 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:53 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:953 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN tcp 0 0 ::1:953 :::* LISTEN udp 0 0 64.135.16.15:53 0.0.0.0:* udp 0 0 127.0.0.1:53 0.0.0.0:* udp 0 0 0.0.0.0:5353 0.0.0.0:* udp 0 0 :::5353 :::* unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 8253 unix 3 [ ] STREAM CONNECTED 6953 /var/run/audit_events Appears to be listening how I expected it to be, unless I'm not reading this right. Thanks again, ~Ray