On 01/14/2013 08:14 PM, Ian McLaughlin wrote: All this talk about IBM mainframe technology and gatewaying it to Hecnet - is there an equivalent hobby group in the IBM community? There are several, in fact, but not of the "WAN/VPN" sort, at least not yet. The night is young! I know absolutely nothing about SNA or anything IBM, but I'd love to learn :) The learning curve is pretty much VERTICAL, but I'm sure you can handle it. -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA