well the DNS issues have started up again then again i haven't used my notebook for a few (the twrochester.com and the 24.93.1.5 are the same) [root@JimsNotebook ~]# ping -c4 www.twrochester.com ping: unknown host www.twrochester.com [root@JimsNotebook ~]# ping -c4 24.93.1.5 PING 24.93.1.5 (24.93.1.5) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 24.93.1.5: icmp_seq=0 ttl=125 time=20.6 ms 64 bytes from 24.93.1.5: icmp_seq=1 ttl=125 time=11.2 ms 64 bytes from 24.93.1.5: icmp_seq=2 ttl=125 time=11.9 ms 64 bytes from 24.93.1.5: icmp_seq=3 ttl=125 time=12.8 ms --- 24.93.1.5 ping statistics --- 4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 3003ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 11.245/14.160/20.609/3.765 ms, pipe 2 I then restarted named & Networkmanager [root@JimsNotebook ~]# ping -c4 www.twrochester.com PING www.twrochester.com (24.93.1.5) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from www.twrochester.com (24.93.1.5): icmp_seq=0 ttl=125 time=11.0 ms 64 bytes from www.twrochester.com (24.93.1.5): icmp_seq=1 ttl=125 time=14.6 ms 64 bytes from www.twrochester.com (24.93.1.5): icmp_seq=2 ttl=125 time=11.1 ms 64 bytes from www.twrochester.com (24.93.1.5): icmp_seq=3 ttl=125 time=9.82 ms --- www.twrochester.com ping statistics --- 4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 3002ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 9.825/11.659/14.613/1.783 ms, pipe 2 [root@JimsNotebook ~]# ping -c4 24.93.1.5 PING 24.93.1.5 (24.93.1.5) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 24.93.1.5: icmp_seq=0 ttl=125 time=9.17 ms 64 bytes from 24.93.1.5: icmp_seq=1 ttl=125 time=16.2 ms 64 bytes from 24.93.1.5: icmp_seq=2 ttl=125 time=10.0 ms 64 bytes from 24.93.1.5: icmp_seq=3 ttl=125 time=13.1 ms --- 24.93.1.5 ping statistics --- 4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 3002ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 9.173/12.165/16.275/2.798 ms, pipe 2 i have to do this every hour -- ******************************************************** When I'm feeling down, I like to whistle. It makes the neighbor's dog run to the end of his chain and gag himself. ************************************ Registered Linux User: #376813 jim lawrence fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list