>I don't ever recall anybody bothering to ask application developers whether >it was okay for DHCP servers (much less NATs) to break open connections. This is a bit of a red herring--as actually implemented, most DHCP servers provide leases long enough that your IP number doesn't change unless you lose connectivity for a while, in which case the connection will usually break anyway. /========================================================\ |John Stracke |Principal Engineer | |jstracke@incentivesystems.com |Incentive Systems, Inc.| |http://www.incentivesystems.com |My opinions are my own.| |========================================================| |"You gotta learn to dance before you learn to crawl!" --| |Meatloaf, "Everything Louder than Everything Else" | \========================================================/