Some Humans engraved digitally:
>> My home network machines are setup with static ip adresses.
[snip]
>(running on the internal interface of the NAT box or on some other
>machine).

A good explanation on the Macside of it all can be found at
http:www.sustworks.com/

especially
http:www.sustworks.com/site/ipr_guide/


and http://www.threemacs.com

Later,
T@W