> not to mention danger of PC's bypassing your one-NIC firewall and > unsafely connecting to the outside. That I think is the biggest danger with a one NIC setup. Linux boxen may be safe(r) (then windows) from being infected or hacked but just one malicious machine can bypass the security in place if you don't logically *and* physically separate your subnets. -- Drew "Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood." --Marie Curie