I thought this list was related to Internet operations. I've been flamed at least 5 times now regarding the post re: whois? Is InterNIC availability not an operational issue? The reference to the text I clipped included an NFS timeout. This was not mine, it was theirs. If information regarding InterNIC availability isn't appropriate, apologies. < Maybe I should join the "blue man" thread > Regards, -- Martin Hannigan hannigan@xcom.net Sr. Network Engineer CO/Carrier Networks XCOM Technologies, INC. F:617.500.0002 V:617.500.0108