Originally Posted by
squared
Thanks, I've posted it twice there and got no response. I'm not sure it's related to ns-2, but that the term 'ns' is somehow interpreted as 'host'. I get the same response from the terminal when I type either one. Is there another way that Linux binds user defined terms with system defined commands...like alias, only another way? I used to be very familiar with VMS and DOS both, but not with Linux. There has to be a script file that is executing on login/startup that associates ns with host, but I have no clue where to look.