I was browsing the devinfo mailing list archive and noticed the discussion of testing network operations. If you have a reasonable sized machine running Linux or Win2k to act as the host, you can use VMware (http://www.vmware.com) to create several virtual machines which are perfect for network testing, rebuilding kernels, etc. The VMware framework provides virtual NICs (up to 4, I think) which can be bridged to your real network or limited to within the VMware host. Thus you can set up one holding an SME server with one bridged, one host-only NIC, and one or more holding windows clients and you emulate a remote LAN. Do it again on the same or a different VMware host and you have the place to test VPN connections. VMware isn't free but there is a timed beta available and it is cheaper than a roomful of test boxes.
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