thanks for the response. that doesnt seem to be the case.
i posted a more detailed thread that might have been more appropriate to post under this topic.
basically i have multiple *coind's running. all seem to be running fine. all have downloaded the blocks, the getinfo response for all seems normal.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=195238.0take a look at the above thread for more details. any input on how to get this resolved would be greatly appreciated.