My point in asking was to determine if permanently tied off gateways could be set up as transportation/communication aids for normal people, and to relieve the pressure on the channelers from having to do all the gateways each time one is needed. Since Rand's method of blocking Aviendha's gateway was failing visibly, it would not suffice for the purpose which I would have used a tied off gateway. I was seeking confirmation that if you wove a gateway and tied it off, it would stay that way indefinitely. I will be posting a thread fairly soon contemplating the possibilities of this weave, and I wanted to see if it was possible or if I was forgetting something in the books that rendered the idea moot.