Pretty much. I have my own domain, do my own DNS (forward and reverse), email, the whole 9 yards. I also develop network monitoring software and custom firewalls, etc. and my own network is my test-bed. I *want* the rest of the world to have full access to my network and I need to be able to sniff what I see (try getting an ISP to let me run a sniffer). And I need access to all 5+ machines externally from potentially anywhere. Worst case I can downgrade to cable or something and write my own proxy program to simulate a real network, but I want to explore all my *real* options first. yeah, i know i wierd... On Wed, 20 Dec 2000, Scott Dier wrote: > * Jason DeStefano <destef at destef.com> [001220 13:38]: > > to them. I do network software development and having my own > > "real network" on the internet is important. Do you know what > > So, this development requires return paths to 5 machines from the > outside internet without a initiation from these machines? > > As in, you are developing services that *have* to be accessable from > more than one machine? > >