---- Original Message ----- > From: "Brian Johnson" <bjohn...@drtel.com>
> This is exactly the problem we have. Some people have no perspective > on what the Internet is and it's real power. I've met too many people > who claim to be "in the know" on these topics that don't understand > that NAT was designed for address preservation. That was the > only/primary/driving real reason for its development. The other > "features" were side effects and are not intended to be solutions to > production issues. "[were] not intended to be solutions to production issues" != "are not being depended on now". > If I use a wrench to hammer nails, it may work fine, but when It comes > to certain nails it may have issues. I'm using the tool for the wrong > purpose. This is the folly of NAT. Perhaps. But that's not important, now. Cheers, -- jr 'Good luck. We're all counting on you' a