Tom, its what I use here, a linux gateway/MASQ/firewall. works out well enough without much trouble or upkeep. Technomage On Saturday 09 February 2002 12:58, you wrote: > My parents have 2 computers behind a hub on Cox and have had no trouble > at all with them both being on line since the change over. Of course > they are both Windows machines. I wonder if using something like a > gateway box between the hub and the modem would help. >