Is anyone else seeing this ? really *cool* udp trick, or is bcast space now DNS capable ? What am I missing ? Server: ns2.mci.net Address: 204.70.57.242 Non-authoritative answer: Name: A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET Address: 198.41.0.4 And a ping yields ? 64 bytes from 198.41.0.4: icmp_seq=16 ttl=250 time=59 ms 64 bytes from 198.41.0.4: icmp_seq=16 ttl=249 time=76 ms (DUP!) 64 bytes from 198.41.0.4: icmp_seq=16 ttl=250 time=77 ms (DUP!) 64 bytes from 198.41.0.4: icmp_seq=17 ttl=250 time=57 ms 64 bytes from 198.41.0.4: icmp_seq=17 ttl=250 time=64 ms (DUP!) 64 bytes from 198.41.0.4: icmp_seq=17 ttl=249 time=73 ms (DUP!) 64 bytes from 198.41.0.4: icmp_seq=18 ttl=250 time=71 ms 64 bytes from 198.41.0.4: icmp_seq=19 ttl=250 time=53 ms 64 bytes from 198.41.0.4: icmp_seq=19 ttl=249 time=57 ms (DUP!) 64 bytes from 198.41.0.4: icmp_seq=19 ttl=249 time=73 ms (DUP!)