hi jmwillis,

i was trying to use no-ip and got the web redirects to work just fine (one external web server to another external) the reason i had my 2k server configured as a DNS server was i think it has to be to use active directory
in doing all that (with the 2k server) i failed to notice right away that my other pc was reisued another internal ip 192.168.0.9 to 192.168.0.10 anyway..
i now have a fresh copy of XP up and running ..again thanks for any and all help it is appreciatted john