On Tue, 2 Jan 2001 16:29:40 -0600 mike neuliep writes: > Yikes! OK here is the bottom line on private address blocks. You > can use > private address anywhere inside your organization. You can not use > them at > all on the internet. Here is why: many routers on the internet > have IP filters > and routing filters that prevent private IP traffic to be passed. I know that. I thought I made quite clear the issue here: Internet ---> Router 1 ---> Router 4 ---> Target Everything upstream of Router 1 is cool. It's the hop between two routers, on a route =not= advertised to the world, that could cause the problem. I am only using the private addresses for that one hop. Only Router 1 knows about this route. The question, which seems still not to be satsifactorily answered, is... Can traffic addressed to the target machine get there? ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.