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Gary Kline wrote:

[...big snip...]

> 	if i've made any sense so far, great!  if not,i'm open for
> 	questions.  i'm also open for suggestions on how to alter this
> 	network configuration.  
> 
> 	thanks for reading this far.
> 
> 	gary
> 
> 
> It might be simplest to replace my firewall and my server with
> low-energy-usage i386 computers; is there a better way?

What are your requirements for your network ie. are you requiring any
fancy trickery, or is this simply trying to NAT a couple of machines
behind an ADSL connection?

Steve