Using Linux for 7 years this is the first time I see such thing happening, the same host name resolve to different IP address almost at the same time, one by ping the other by telnet. How could this happen? Ariel@Jamaica:~> ping svn.realss.com PING svn.realss.com (221.219.118.212) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 221.219.118.212: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=3.15 ms ^C --- svn.realss.com ping statistics --- 1 packets transmitted, 1 received, 0% packet loss, time 0ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 3.156/3.156/3.156/0.000 ms Ariel@Jamaica:~> telnet svn.realss.com svn Trying 202.106.199.36... ^C Ariel@Jamaica:~> ping svn.realss.com PING svn.realss.com (221.219.118.212) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 221.219.118.212: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=3.29 ms 64 bytes from 221.219.118.212: icmp_seq=2 ttl=255 time=2.47 ms ^C --- svn.realss.com ping statistics --- 2 packets transmitted, 2 received, 0% packet loss, time 1002ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 2.476/2.886/3.297/0.414 ms Ariel@Jamaica:~> telnet svn.realss.com svn Trying 202.106.199.36... ^C I did not put this host to /etc/hosts so I guess I can limit the problem to DNS. By the way, 221.219.118.212 is the correct IP address of the host. 202.106.199.36 is the server of our ICP used to display advertisement. In our network 1/10 dns solving points to 202.106.199.36 so we Internet browsers see one advertisement per 10 pages. I know about opendns, I just curious how this behavior (telnet / ping behave differently) could happen. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org