That, too, is valid but it's not practical to switch on and off line when you're on an always on network.<g> This house is kind of unique for a little home in Chicago. We've 8 machines hooked up through a NATted Firewall with both a secured WiFi radio network (2 stations) and a standard 10/100 ethernet network underneath. There are two more switches connecting the LAN and the firewall also has provisioning to automatically dial up and POTS connection should the broadband die for any eason. There are 2 servers in place, one is inbound VPN and internal DNS (Forwarder) and the other is the DHCP and WINS server. Each of our children has a laptop connected. Dian has a laptop and standard desktop system. My mother-in-law is using a machine upstairs and I run the servers, a laptop and a desktop system. When I fire up VMWare, there are up to 4 more virtual systems running and using the network. When I come home and there's something wrong with the network, it's almost like being at work (I'm exaggerating<sp?>) It's a busy place and my corner computer lab looks like a Christmas tree in the dark.<g> Greg Chapman http://www.mousetrax.com "Counting in binary is as easy as 01, 10, 11! With thinking this clear, is coding really a good idea?" > > How to defeat web bugs planted in your email, in 4 easy steps: > > Step 1: Get your email from the server. > Step 2: Disconnect from the Internet (don't worry it'll > still be there > later) > Step 3: Read your email. > Step 4: Reconnect to Internet (see I told you it was > still there ;-) > > Cordially, > Steven Fredette > President http://www.prowebsites.net > Indianapolis, Indiana. USA (-5 GMT/UT) > "For Your Internet Wants and Needs" Since 1997 > Free Web design tutorials at: http://www.prowebsites.net/frontpagehelp > > > ************************************************************* PLEASE READ!!!! You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with a subject line that says "unsubscribe" (without the quotes). Do not put unsubscribe IN CAPS. Screaming doesn't get you out any faster and the caps prevent the function from working. To change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail), visit the group's homepage for full instructions. //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. *************************************************************