Chris Mohler write: : www.adobe.com loads fine for me. (under 5 sec) : : FC5, firefox, flash plugin. (cable connection) : : Do: : : wget -p www.adobe.com : : and see how long it takes. If it's forevever and a day, it's not : mozilla's fault. I'd double-check DNS etc. then. : : Chris Under 5 seconds for me too. Then I immediately cleared Mozilla's cache and timed how long <www.adobe.com> took to render: 48 seconds. How do I double-check DNS? /etc/resolv.conf is pointed at our lab's DNS server. If the "wget" worked, would that not mean all is well there? Dean