> My worry was about the required amount of real-time processing power > since you will need to check if some portion of the network packets meets= or > not meets a defined criteria. Storage is not a problem ; directly hook th= e > system to a LPT printer and take the hardcopy of packet contents ? You been reading 'The Cuckoos Egg' ???? --=20 Scanned by iCritical. --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .