Hi John, > Where does ldmping look for it's resolution? Just FYI, the LDM uses the standard system function getaddrinfo(3) to resolve a hostname into an IP address Regards, Steve Emmerson Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: GHA-946718 Department: Support IDD Priority: Normal Status: Closed =================== NOTE: All email exchanges with Unidata User Support are recorded in the Unidata inquiry tracking system and then made publicly available through the web. If you do not want to have your interactions made available in this way, you must let us know in each email you send to us.