-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 (1)Neglected to put down that, when I went to see what updates were applied (by name) I was unable to find any of them in the spot they were supposed to be ...even though the 'remove packages' choice was not checked. (2)Post the lost throughput problem on both distros, I checked the resolv.conf file to see if it had been altered in any way and it had not. What else could be wrong is only a wild guess on my part ...which is why I am asking for guidance on this. There just HAS to be an altered file, somewhere, that is causing all this hassle! No?? - -- ...CH Avoid doing business with 'The Link' ISP. SuSE Is All U Need Linux user# 313696 Linux box# 199365 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAqtWJ1rD/PgIdojIRAi3eAJwLBEoRvRNXdvnaK+f0hbs2dereLACfeOW0 YjjNAb86JupN1eNihZx8Q6Y= =LmLS -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----