> > I'm confused... what's the problem with just trying to hit the update server? If you can then you check for updates, if not then you, erm, don't. Simples, no? True, I think I said this same thing in a previous post - I suggested the DNS option if all the OP wanted to do was check if an Internet connection was there. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php