Id love to come down but I'm stuck in Auckland for the moment. My OS is: Ubuntu Version 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx 64 Bit. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ IPv4 method options: Automatic (DHCP) Automatic (DHCP) Addresses only Manual Link-local only Shared to other computers. IPv6 method Options: Ignore Automatic Automatic, Addresses only Link-local only Shared To other computers ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here is the output from /sbin$./route -n command: glenn(a)glenn-desktop:/sbin$ ./route -n Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 10.42.44.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 1 0 eth0 169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 1000 0 eth0 glenn(a)glenn-desktop:/sbin$ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- IPv4 Windows Box: 10.42.44.10. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- And the output from /etc$ cat hosts glenn(a)glenn-desktop:/etc$ cat hosts 127.0.0.1 localhost 127.0.1.1 glenn-desktop # The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts ::1 localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback fe00::0 ip6-localnet ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix ff02::1 ip6-allnodes ff02::2 ip6-allrouters ff02::3 ip6-allhosts glenn(a)glenn-desktop:/etc$ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- When I type in: glenn(a)glenn-desktop:-$ host Google.com ;;connection timed out; no servers could be reached glenn(a)glenn-desktop:-$ Interesting question: why when I run ifconfig in Windows does the IPv4 default gateway show as my Linux box's IP address??? That's surely not right. And when I have my network plugged in sometimes my mail fails to send, as in cant reach server. I wonder if the windows box is looking at the Linux box as a server. I can't imagine why though. What ever it is its playing mary hell with my dialup connection. Glenn.