>How long does it take to fail? >I get the answer immidiatly (0-1sec.)... Are you sure you are connecting? As in, do you only try to bind if you have a successful connection? Have you checked ldap_error? Are you doing an anonymous bind, or using a username and password? Try each and see what happens How about posting some code? I have just spent several days trying on and off to work out LDAP, from a starting position of "what's LDAP?". Good luck Mark -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php