>>> 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) Not true, unless you're using your home computer to *host* the VPN. I have VPN back to work, and I'm on a dialup with dynamic IP. -- Larry Kollar k o l l a r @ a l l t e l . n e t "The hardest part of all this is the part that requires thinking." -- Paul Tyson, on xml-doc