Rick, thanks for the reply. I can't believe I made a major typo in my first post to a new newsgroup. You were so polite! I should have said: I couldn't find a /etc/ppp/resolve.conf, so I do this instead: # cat /var/run/ppp/resolv.conf > /etc/resolv.conf /var/run/ppp/resolv.con has the correct structure and valid nameservers. I'll try the rest of your suggestions and get back to you. --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- Mark A. Miller ____________________________________________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com