Hi, Having switched my two systems from their fake names to the synthetic but real DNS names assigned by the ISP based on their (static) IP address, I find I am no longer able to access these hosts by their local aliases. I have these lines in /etc/hosts on "twain": # Fayette208 LAN 208.201.233.232 twain 208.201.233.233 smiley On "smiley", I have these: # Fayette208 LAN 208.201.233.233 208-201-233-233.dsl.static.sonic.net 208-201-233-233 smiley 208.201.233.232 208-202-233-232.dsl.static.sonic.net 208-202-233-232 twain However, the names "smiley" and "twain" do not work on either system to refer to themselves or each other. What's the configuration I need to be able to use the short aliases on these two hosts? Randall Schulz -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org