Okay, I am still a bad kid, but I have another question. On my box, httpd, proftpd, squid, and innd do not start. They cannot start at boot or using the commands. I believe the problem is that my DNS server isn't working--at least correctly. In North Dakota, all the schools are connected in a nice big network. My NT server has an address of monty-server.montpelier.k12.nd.us When my machine set itself up, it gave me montpelier.k12.nd.us as the search domain. It gave me the proper IPs as well. Now, from my machine, I can try to ping monty-server, and it works--without listing the domain, just monty-server. My linux box that I am working with then, I assigned a host name as amd1.montpelier.k12.nd.us Thought it wowould work. I can't ping it from anywhere. I don't have any IP addresses assigned to it, because our big server uses DHCP(and this is why I need MAC addresses). But I did try to ping it from the dynamic IP given to it and it does work. I can connect to the internet and my printers fine. Ihaven't tried doing any of the network sharing as of yet. I thought it was probably necessary to get this resolved first. Any help would be great. jim Ignorance is underrated
