Thanks to all that replied to me. It really helped me out. I got alot to learn. Sean <sean.cason at prodigy.net> wrote in message news:7t699k$3p1m$1 at newssvr04-int.news.prodigy.com... > I am a newbie to python. Any ideas on how to create a script to ping a class > c block and maybe resolve the names to DNS. > > Thanks > >