> Is this the end of the road, for installing apache as a > service with ONE public IP > address?? If I understand clustered services, you have only one public IP address for the cluster, but that IP address needs to be a virtual IP which can be point to one or more machines on private IP adresses. We have had good success creating HA services using mysql master-master replication. Neil -- Neil Aggarwal, (281)846-8957, http://UnmeteredVPS.net Host Joomla!, Wordpress, phpBB, or vBulletin for $25/mo Unmetered bandwidth = no overage charges, 7 day free trial