Anyone with DiG installed (which includes anyone running BIND 4.9 or better) can generate a new cache file by typing % dig @a.root-servers.net. . ns >root.cache Check this file by hand before installing it, of course. ------ end snippet Hope that helps. Tony Inskeep Pfeiffer University 704.463.1360 x2172 ------------------ Serious error. All shortcuts have disappeared. Screen. Mind. Both are blank.