Hagis

dont for get Virtual Box runs in OSX, so if you want go to Open Source you could try that. I have used all 3 but for what I need I had to go the Parallels route for Parallels Server.

the ; in the send is your issue. try something like this.. #!/usr/bin/expect -f set username [lrange $argv 0 0] set password [lrange $argv 1 1] set ipaddr [lrange $argv 2 2] set batchfile [lrange $argv 3 3] spawn sftp -b $batchfile $username@ipaddress expect "*?assword:*" send -- "$password\r" expect eof so to run it it would be something like this >script.exp username password ipaddress /location/batchfile.txt move the EOF to the end and remove the interact, you only need the interact if you plan on interacting with the connection after the script is done.

I would also go for Jabber, you can use the native iChat client on the mac and there are a bunch of Jabber clients on the PC, if you didn't want to run your own Jabber server you could use GTalk.

Good to know, is it hard to transition form IOS to JUNOS? I am somewhat familiar with IOS. O and few more questions. How easy is it to set up the firewall? I am using a FreeBSD box as my firewall now but would like to move it over to the router, and will the VPN with Open Directory?

At work we are looking to expand our connection to a full T3 (we upload as much as we download so a async connection will not work) We are looking at a Cisco 3845 or a Juniper 4350, I have used the Cisco in the past but never used a Juniper for a T3, any one have a preference as to what router to use?