After taking another shot, i cant ping either of two nameservers. I really have no idea what configuration files to look at on a debian base install, does anyone know of anything that might be tripping up the connection to the name resolution servers? Thanks again -Cheers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-request@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org