Murphy's having some real fun with me this week... It seems that the failure of the outside world to access Blue Feather's FTP site was only the beginning. Within a couple of hours after I started troubleshooting last night, I discovered that our entire domain, including mail and web servers, had disappeared from the 'net. The problem turned out to be (and I never saw this coming) -- our firewall/router! It had, apparently, decided that it was simply going to give up the ghost, and not give ANY indication in its (alleged) self-diagnostics. No amount of power-cycling has fixed it, so I am going to replace it. Post-haste, I would add. The original unit was a Watchguard Firebox II that I got as a freebie, but Watchguard's current products are way too expensive for my tastes. If anyone knows of a good, solid VPN router, in the $400-$500 (max) range, with at least the following features I would appreciate hearing about it. I'm currently looking at Zyxel (the Zywall 5) and Multitech (RouteFinder 830). --Must support 1:1 NAT mapping. --Must support at least IPSec VPN with 3DES or AES encryption, and the VPN client must be low-cost or included. --Preferably, should also support PPTP for when IPSec is blocked at the originating end (I've seen it happen). --Must be RACK-MOUNTED, as in it has rack ears or brackets. This is NOT negotiable. --The manufacturer must NOT, unlike Watchguard and Juniper Networks, nickle-and-dime its users to death for extra features. Thanks much, and I apologize for the hassles. I never saw this one coming... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Bruce Lane, Owner & Head Hardware Heavy, Blue Feather Technologies -- http://www.bluefeathertech.com kyrrin (at) bluefeathertech do/t c=o=m "If Salvador Dali had owned a computer, would it have been equipped with surreal ports?"

If anyone knows of a good, solid VPN router, in the $400-$500 (max) range, with at least the following features I would appreciate hearing about it. I'm currently looking at Zyxel (the Zywall 5) and Multitech (RouteFinder 830). --Must support 1:1 NAT mapping. --Must support at least IPSec VPN with 3DES or AES encryption, and --the VPN client must be low-cost or included. --Preferably, should also support PPTP for when IPSec is blocked at --the originating end (I've seen it happen). --Must be RACK-MOUNTED, as in it has rack ears or brackets. This is --NOT negotiable. --The manufacturer must NOT, unlike Watchguard and Juniper Networks, --nickle-and-dime its users to death for extra features.