> Seth,
>
> It may not be exactly what you are looking for....

Maybe it is very close....

>>> a perl script that takes an existing config.xml and a host_table
>>> and produces a new xml file, config_out.xml

>>> For each host, host_table specifies:
>>>      SubNetwork, IP address, Host-name, Domain, Note and MAC.

Sounds great!  could I try it?

Thanks
Seth