Thursday, January 13, 2005, 2:21:59 AM, John wrote: >>From the resolv.conf man page: JH> Up to MAXNS (currently 3) name servers may be listed, one per keyword. JH> ^^^^^^^^^^^ JH> Thus most of your entries do nothing. You also almost certainly don't need JH> the 'search' line. OK. Thanks for pointing that out. I've pruned to just two servers (213.120.62.97 and 98) -- no change in the problem. Any other thoughts? Many thanks, Chris