I just installed SuSE 8.2 and set up Apache2, MySQL etc... All of this works OK. I also have a registered domain name with a static IP. I have DNS services with sitelutions.com (free) so now when I type my registered name ( www.bartonweb.com) into a browser I get the the web site. My problem is I'm connected to the internet via bellsouth and a LinkSys router. The router is providing DHCP services on a private network 192.168.1.xx. So far the router always seems to assign the same address to my Linux box so I have been able to set the router to that address as the DMZ box. The DMZ box is the box where web page requests get forwarded to. I would like to stop using DHCP and go with a static IP but every time I try this I can't get the thing to work. Should I be putting my domain name in some file somewhere? I've tried setting up a static IP on my Linux box using YAST2, should I be editing some file? If so what files? I realize the Linux box will have a private IP address while the router gets the IP assigned by Bellsouth. Should my FQDN on the Linux box be something like Linux.bartonweb.com or just bartonweb.com? Garry