Hi Carl, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote: > what about using a DNS CNAME for bob to bob[368]? If you set the > TTL low enough and update your DNS server with the latest data > from your SNMP agents continuously, you will achieve exactly what > you want without any iptables trickery. > Such a solution is running here and it works fine. That's an interesting solution. I like it. Unfortunately we don't control the DNS--another group here has responsibility for that. I'll chat with them and see if they have provision for remote updates. Thanks, Drew. -- Drew Leske :: Systems Group/Unix, Computing Services, University of Victoria dleske@xxxxxxx / +1250 472 5055 (office) / +1250 588 4311 (cel)