| | Then again, filtering any packets to or from x.x.x.255 would have a | similar but more profound effect. Anyone who actually uses a .255 | address for a host is asking for trouble anyways. around here, we use 'em (.0 too). 'course ARIN makes me justify my utilization before they give me more, so I try to use addresses as efficiently as possible. do others not have this constraint? --jeff ---- Dear Mr. Arin, Thank you for the addresses you gave me previously. I now need more. I have efficiently used the ones you gave me. Sort of. I skipped over addresses ending with .0 and .255. Oh, and those ending in .13 too. Thank you, Mr. Isp Guy