On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 11:41:27 -0700, Craig White wrote > does this help (from release notes for Mandriva 2006) > http://qa.mandriva.com/twiki/bin/view/Main/MandrivaLinux2006Errata#Slow_or_unreliable_DNS_lookups_b > (make sure you reboot after making the change) That did it. Thanks Craig! joe