Bruce wrote...
  With that in mind, I have a request: Those of you who
are fluent with
 setting up servers (Unix/NetBSD-based) on a small intranet, and tying said
 intranet through a Livingston IRX/Firewall router to the outside world, 
AND
  that would be willing to help me keep from making too
many mistakes in
 setting things up, please raise your hand and let me know if I can contact
 you periodically for help and advice. 
Bruce, I'd be happy to help. We haven't used Livingston gear for ages (we're
all cisco gear now), but I still remember them pretty well. I'm very well
versed with FreeBSD Unix, sendmail, wu-ftp, mysql, dns(bind),
apache/stronghold, radius, etc. etc.
Feel free to call me any time you have questions. Work number is
800-669-8203.
Jay West