Hey everyone, This might explain some of the mysterious VPN drop outs that many of you have noticed, especially with your gateway to gateway "permanent" links. 811044 - Windows 2000 Stops Accepting Incoming TCP Connections: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=811044 HTH, Tom Thomas W Shinder www.isaserver.org/shinder ISA Server and Beyond: http://tinyurl.com/1jq1 Configuring ISA Server: http://tinyurl.com/1llp