Hello, I have a strange issue with apache2 ( on ubuntu ), hoping that someone here may be able to shed some light on. here's the situation; I've got an apache server on my network: 172.25.0.3 ( no firewall ) I need to connect to make a SOAP call to a server thats on an extension of our network: 172.16.107.2 from the console on the apache server I can ping 172.16.107.2, I can also open up a LYNX ( txt based browser ) to 172.16.107.2 and it connects without an issue, however when I try to connect from apache/php I get "failed to open stream". how if I take my web server, put it on the exact same ( physical ) as "172.16.107.2" it works no problem. so all I can think of is that apache has some kind of routing issue? any ideas at all would be a big help at this point! -Ken