No wonder, I guess, your DNS is not responding ...do you have any DNS configured in /etc/resolv.conf and if so, can you ping it? Here is how your dig output should look like. Martin ; <<>> DiG 9.2.2 <<>> 206.249.61.13 ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 55649 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;206.249.61.13. IN A ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: . 10417 IN SOA A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. NSTLD.VERISIGN-GRS.COM. 2004011800 1800 900 604800 86400 ;; Query time: 48 msec ;; SERVER: 216.148.227.68#53(216.148.227.68) ;; WHEN: Sun Jan 18 16:30:31 2004 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 106 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus