Thanks Andy! This will save me having to "update" etc/resolv.conf each time I start up my PC. Cheers John. > Well, he can just cat /etc/resolv.conf and see if that is the situation > or not. > > One dirty hack tip I have on that, if you decide you will be managing > /etc/resolv.conf by hand and everything else can just butt out, edit it > how you like and then > > chattr +i /etc/resolv.conf > > will make everything else bounce off when it tries to mess it up for > you. use chattr -i ... to be able to edit it again. > > -Andy >