Yes but... The multinet-watch procedure does make use of DNS. That is how dynamic IP addresses are resolved. -Steve -----Original Message----- From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE [mailto:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE] On Behalf Of Bob Armstrong Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2012 12:00 To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE Subject: RE: [HECnet] MULTINET borks due to broken Bind9 setup? Hmm - I'm missing something here. Multinet only uses IPs - it doesn't use DNS, therefore how can bind screw it up? Bob