--- dot@dotat.at wrote: The point of a clean slate design is to rethink the foundations of your architecture, and get rid of constraints that set you up to fail. ---------------------------------- Yes, and I thought this idea could be the beginning of one way to do that and became interested in what others thought. However, there're not very many avenues to ask for competent responses on things like this. Thanks for the responses. scott ps. The "NAT is your friend" part is what I thought would whap at the nest for weekend fun... :-)