On Mon, 3 Apr 2006, Jima wrote: > Host router.mydomain.net > Port 2222 > CheckHostIP no > > Host box1.mydomain.net > Port 2223 > CheckHostIP no > > Host box2.mydomain.net > Port 2224 > CheckHostIP no You can also specify: Host sillyname hostname realhostname.example.com port 7322 I use this for a VM that has a different port to SSH to to get management access.. this way, I can ssh to 'hostname-mgmt', and get to the management port, with no key errors or anything. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | nate carlson | natecars at natecarlson.com | http://www.natecarlson.com | | depriving some poor village of its idiot since 1981 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------