jerry writes: > It is possible that the original DNS entry was incorrect > and later corrected by affordable.com, but it had not yet > propagated you your router. well, it all worked fine a week or so ago, then suddenly went bad (leaving me in a panic). it may be something like that, though. i just now retried dig @192.168.0.1 telesto.affordablehost.com and the answer came out right side up. go figure. tnx. 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