Hi, I'm running Fedora 10 x86_64 and I really think something is odd about my ability to network and I think it's all pointing to DNS. First, I've been running Linux (full time) for almost a year, but I am still a newb. There are still some Windows concepts that I haven't been able to shake yet, so please be very simple yet thorough with your replies (I'd appreciate it). So here's the meat of my cry-for-help caserole. <ul><li>I'm having a problem pinging my hostname. I'll ping it and 127.0.0.1 is the resulting IP. </li><li>I see that my router has given my computer an IP address, but it doesn't have the hostname in its table.</li> <li>I can't ping, by host name, my computer from any other computer on the home network.</li></ul>So because of those issues, I can't properly network my linux box with other computers in my home network. I just found out (from a friend) that I had an internal firewall turned on. I didn't even realize that Fedora shipped with a firewall. From my Windows-days, I've learned that software firewall causes too many headaches. So; I disabled the firewall I discovered in Fedora. Thanks for any feedback. system-config-network 1.5.95 I'm not all that handy with command-line network configuring yet so I'm using the GUI program system-config-network. In my DNS tab here are my settings: <ul><li> hostname: unicron.cybertron</li><li>primary dns: 192.168.1.1 (router)</li><li>secondary dns:</li><li>tertiary dns:</li><li>dns search path: unicron </li></ul> -- Marc F. <a href="http://www.fergytech.com">www.fergytech.com</a> Registered Linux User: #410978 "When life gives me lemons... I make Linuxaide, hmm good stuff!"