Since you are using NAT, the important IP address and host name associated with it is the one the outside world sees. Does that IP address have a host name the world sees and does that name then resolve to the same IP address? -- Brent L. Bates (UNIX Sys. Admin.) M.S. 912 Phone:(757) 865-1400, x204 NASA Langley Research Center FAX:(757) 865-8177 Hampton, Virginia 23681-0001 Email: B.L.BATES at larc.nasa.gov http://www.vigyan.com/~blbates/