I don't recommend having exactly as many addresses as ports. In fact, I recommend having twice as many. Aside from the fact that you give yourself slop this way to protect against the problem you are experiencing, there are other advantages. It is generally a good idea to have spare addresses assigned on a LRU basis. If an address is immediately reassigned to another user upon disconnection of one user, the new user might receive bogus traffic from connections not properly closed by the other user. It's not a big deal, those connections will just break immediately. However, there is a small security risk in that the new user (if knowledgable and determined) could recover and use connections left open by the first user. -Phil ++ Ascend Users Mailing List ++ To unsubscribe: send unsubscribe to ascend-users-request@bungi.com To get FAQ'd: <<A HREF="http://www.shore.net/~dreaming/ascend-faq">http://www.shore.net/~dreaming/ascend-faq</A>> or <<A HREF="ftp://ftp.shore.net/members/dreaming/ascend-faq.txt">ftp://ftp.shore.net/members/dreaming/ascend-faq.txt</A>> </PRE> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <STRONG>Follow-Ups</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A HREF="msg00196.html">Re: (ASCEND) Disappearing pool addresses?</A></STRONG></LI> <UL> <LI><EM>From</EM>: Don Joy <joydon@soonet.ca></LI> </UL> </UL> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A HREF="msg00188.html">(ASCEND) Disappearing pool addresses?</A></STRONG></LI> <UL> <LI><EM>From</EM>: Pat_Barron@transarc.com</LI> </UL> </UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <HR> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00194.html">(ASCEND) More questions about Filters...</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00193.html">Re: (ASCEND) 48 modem limit on Max with 56k cards</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00188.html">(ASCEND) Disappearing pool addresses?</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00196.html">Re: (ASCEND) Disappearing pool addresses?</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="mail5.html#00192"><STRONG>Main</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thrd9.html#00192"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> </BODY> </HTML>