miah writes: > When you do reverse lookups it allways goes backwards by > ip, so if the ip is 192.168.1.1 it will lookup > 1.1.168.192 go read dns & bind. well, ok. but how come it came out forward for one host and backward for the other? that's inconsistant and not going to be answered by reading dns & bind. and anyway, the other name servers i used gave the right answer for both hosts. dan j. daniel moylan 84 harvard ave #2 brookline, ma 02446-6202 617-232-2360 (tel) 810-454-1823 (fax) jdm@moylan.info www.moylan.info