Hi Keith; > I've never setup a VPN before but am I right in thinking that all that's > needed is the right software and two static ip addresses With a 'nix box at each end that's about it. It gets a little more complicated if one of the gateways is MS or Cisco. Most Linux distros will include freeswan for IPsec VPN and there is PoPToP to use Linux as a MS VPN Server. -- ray