How about a standard ping, resolving both hostname and ip (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx)? How about ip (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx) in tns config as test? Regards, Mike Thomas On Sat, 27 Nov 2004 23:13:02 -0800, Jared Still <jkstill@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Ok, I'm probably missing something obvious. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l