On 12/07/2009 05:09 AM, Jon Moore wrote: >> The following lines are in /etc/hosts >> 192.168.11.1 dev.example.com >> 192.168.11.1 dev1.example.com >> >> Pinging any other address that I try works, except dev.example.com. >> > > try having both host names on the same line. Thanks, but this did not help. I had tried many, many things before posting. I tried this to be sure, but no help. -- Sincerely, John Thomas