You were right after running "tethereal" and going to http://linuxtoday.com, you can see where the Fedora1 core box (192.168.1.2) was going to Comcast.net dns numbers (63.236.73.20)and The Fedora2-test1 box(192.168.1.3) is going to the (192.168.1.1)Gateway, Linksys router and through the router is where the resolving delay is. How do I correct this on the Fedora2-test1 box. This is the Fedora2-test1 box 5.201854 192.168.1.3 -> 192.168.1.1 DNS Standard query AAAA linuxtoday.com 6.006447 LinksysG_0b:39:46 -> Spanning-tree-(for-bridges)_00 STP Conf. Root = 32768/00:0c:41:0b:39:46 Cost = 0 Port = 0x8001 This is the Fedora1 core 6.929799 192.168.1.2 -> 63.236.73.20 HTTP GET /RealMedia/ads/adstream_lx.cgi/intm/news/www.linuxtoday.com/index/1902965961/house_ribbon/House_SES_NY_04_1e/ses-spring04-ribbon.gif/34343361393763633366363139333230?_RM_EMPTY_ HTTP/1.1 6.930614 63.236.73.20 -> 192.168.1.2 HTTP Continuation Thanks for your help Jim Tate