I am running a Compaq Proliant ML370 with RedHat 7.2 . I have configured the server to use a static ip address. When I type "route", the server will delay about 10 seconds, then print back the ip address of the router/gateway. Normally when typing "route" the server would respond with the hostname of the router/gateway right away. I have confirmed that I am using the correct DNS server(s) and the correct default gateway. I can ping localhost and the servers IP address, but that is all. Another weird thing is if I configure the server to use DHCP, everything works fine. Any ideas? Thanks, -------------------------------------- Ryan McCain Northrop Grumman Linux System Administrator 3 email: Ryan.McCain@dss.state.la.us Phone: 225.219.0556 Fax: 225.219.0540