<4B6995EC.40606@xxxxxxxxxx> John Ballance wrote: > you will find the default gateway has also been hard coded .. use the > internet setup configuration thingy (sorry) and make sure the default > router field is empty, if you are using dhcp > John John Thank you very much. Not only does that cure the startup failure but now I can ping by name! I will comment out the non-local names in my hosts file, turn everything off including the router, make a cup of tea, cross my fingers and test everything again. I hope to report soon that the resolver is now working. John -- Midland User Group - http://mug.riscos.org RISC OS the platform that puts the arch into anarchic;-( --- To alter your preferences or leave the group, visit //www.freelists.org/list/iyonix-support Other info via //www.freelists.org/webpage/iyonix-support