> check if you have got > [local host name] [local IP] > in your /etc/hosts - that's becuse a server need to resolve its host > name to get itself done. They are there, and have been since the machine came online. However, could there be something fishy about where it goes first to resolv host names? I'll check that out. It's possible that it tries to contact a name server first instead of looking in hosts. Thanks for the tip. - IT