Are you sure? At home, I use a cable modem with a dynamic IP, DHCP on my router, and VPN on the laptop to connect to my company's private network. Works like a charm. On Jan 16, 2004, at 1:35 AM, Tom R. no spam wrote: > On Thu, 15 Jan 2004, J.C. Webber III wrote: > >> Jeanne Douglas wrote: >> >>> I don't really know what the advantage of static IP over dynamic IP >>> is; I just know it's considered enough better that people pay extra >>> to > > need static IP for VPN (encrypted, secure virtual private networking) > Barry