Hi Wing, Here is what I received when I did the various commands Dig cccc.edu ; <<>> DiG 9.2.2 <<>> ccccd.edu ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 25507 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;ccccd.edu. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: ccccd.edu. 73452 IN A 66.147.168.4 ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: ccccd.edu. 36661 IN NS ns2.ccccd.edu. ccccd.edu. 36661 IN NS ns1.ccccd.edu. ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: ns1.ccccd.edu. 39596 IN A 66.147.168.4 ns2.ccccd.edu. 61857 IN A 66.147.168.6 ;; Query time: 11 msec ;; SERVER: 208.189.202.44#53(208.189.202.44) ;; WHEN: Mon Apr 10 16:51:56 2006 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 111 Host ccccd.edu kyrie:~ osborne$ host www.ccccd.edu www.ccccd.edu has address 66.147.168.26 NSlookup ccccd.edu kyrie:~ osborne$ nslookup ccccd.edu Note: nslookup is deprecated and may be removed from future releases. Consider using the `dig' or `host' programs instead. Run nslookup with the `-sil[ent]' option to prevent this message from appearing. Server: 67.67.182.10 Address: 67.67.182.10#53 Dig server87 <<>> DiG 9.2.2 <<>> server87.appriver.com ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 29591 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;server87.appriver.com. IN A ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: appriver.com. 7078 IN SOA ns1.swbell.net. postmaster.swbell.net. 2005012701 3600 900 604800 7200 ;; Query time: 16 msec ;; SERVER: 67.67.182.10#53(67.67.182.10) ;; WHEN: Mon Apr 10 16:54:59 2006 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 100 Host server 87 (I don't know if I had the correct syntax on this one so I tried it a couple of ways. I'm still a command line newbie) kyrie:~ osborne$ host server87.appriver.com Host server87.appriver.com not found: 3(NXDOMAIN) kyrie:~ osborne$ host www.server87.appriver.com Host www.server87.appriver.com not found: 3(NXDOMAIN) NSLookup server87.appriver.com kyrie:~ osborne$ nslookup server87.appriver.com Note: nslookup is deprecated and may be removed from future releases. Consider using the `dig' or `host' programs instead. Run nslookup with the `-sil[ent]' option to prevent this message from appearing. Server: 67.67.182.10 Address: 67.67.182.10#53 ** server can't find server87.appriver.com: NXDOMAIN Dig for server86 ; <<>> DiG 9.2.2 <<>> server86.appriver.com ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 45943 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;server86.appriver.com. IN A ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: appriver.com. 6765 IN SOA ns1.swbell.net. postmaster.swbell.net. 2005012701 3600 900 604800 7200 ;; Query time: 3 msec ;; SERVER: 67.67.182.10#53(67.67.182.10) ;; WHEN: Mon Apr 10 17:00:12 2006 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 100 NSLookup server86 kyrie:~ osborne$ nslookup server86.appriver.com Note: nslookup is deprecated and may be removed from future releases. Consider using the `dig' or `host' programs instead. Run nslookup with the `-sil[ent]' option to prevent this message from appearing. Server: 67.67.182.10 Address: 67.67.182.10#53 ** server can't find server86.appriver.com: NXDOMAIN Any ideas on what to try next? Thanks! Lydia >