I think you can use use_dns(no) option to disable DNS resolution by syslog-ng Dmitri -----Original Message----- From: Badat, Qassim, ALABS [mailto:qbadat@att.com] Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 3:05 PM To: syslog-ng@lists.balabit.hu Subject: RE: [syslog-ng]cisco host not being resolved Nothing to do with syslog-ng. It's the DNS, there should exist both the A -record and the PTR for the host. That is you should be able to resolve NAME-to-IP and also IP-to-NAME.