The point I was stuck at was that I had as of yesterday used objects in Perl for the first time, and had not quite figured out the Tao of what I was doing.

I had tried some example scripts on how to use the DNS stuff and then had tried modifying them to see if I understood what they were doing and how to use them. So while I had figured out how to obtain my own hostname and resolve its ip address. I really couldn't find a way to do what I was attempting.

However, since then I have discovered CPAN, learned how to install modules, and found that the world of Perl was far bigger than I had first thought.

Thanks for responding, I appreciate it!