Although I know you're speaking metaphorically, to top it off, see SUBJ: line. http://www.fcw.com/article90779-09-13-05-Web "Upgrade to v6 by 2008 -- no new money." - ferg -- Tony Li <tony.li@tony.li> wrote: Moore's Law has not, and does not apply to routers. Thus, costs are going up non-trivially. Tony -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg@netzero.net or fergdawg@sbcglobal.net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/