Guido> I'm still seeing errors in test_socket; today (on a different Guido> network) I got this: Guido> test test_socket failed -- Traceback (most recent call last): Guido> File "/Users/guido/python/src/Lib/test/test_socket.py", line 223, in testHostnameRes Guido> ip = socket.gethostbyname(hostname) Guido> gaierror: (7, 'No address associated with nodename') What does the hostname(1) command return? By default I think it generates some oddball thing like "Montanaro.local.". Apple calls it a Rendevous name. (I've no idea what that is.) The fix for me was recommended by another group: get a dyndns.org account and change the HOSTNAME line in /etc/hostconfig from HOSTNAME=-AUTOMATIC- to HOSTNAME=montanaro.dyndns.org Skip