Hi- I just set up ipcop with "green + orange + red" interfaces - basically 3 nic - one for lan - one for dmz and one to goto the internet via my cable modem. I also have a Dlink gateway... Is there any advantage to having the gateway inbetween the LAN and the ipcop machine (on the "green" network)? WAN->ipcop->gateway(DHCP and NAT no stateful stuff)->LAN only thing I can think of is that DHCP could be removed or disabled on the ipcop machine and run from the gateway. one less thing to be running and one less thing as far as security goes to worry about. only other thing I can think of to do with the gateway is use it like a hub.... IPCOP seems pretty cool - getting good use out of that 486 after all! thanks johnnyf _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list