Hi Alan, Monday, June 26, 2006, 10:35:49 AM, you wrote: >>it's relatively inexpensive as you can just use any old computer >>as a gateway.. install a special firewall linux distribution like > That was my thought as well. With a bit of web programming on it they could > even update the white and black lists themselves, and have a means of > sending updates around the other similar machines at the other communities, > possibly by email or some form of auto-update. This sounds good - but I'd have some learning to do. I still don't have the big picture yet - how do I get the colonies to access that gateway - and no other? I'll do some more searching. -- Best regards, Patrick Murphy James Valley Colony -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist