I have just been given a hub by a friend and as I have two pc's permanently in the house, a laptop and two other laptops appear outside of university term times it seems to make sense to network all the computers. I have cabled the house with points in various places. Everything seems ok. The LED's on the hub indicate that the connections are good. I have cable modem installed. I have two network cards installed in the machine that is connected to the CM. There is also a printer attached to this machine. All machines are running win98se. My requirements are, if possible, Print and file share amongst the various computers Share the CM amongst the computers. I appreciate there would be a loss of speed here if two machines were accessing the net at the same time. As a newbie to networking. I wonder if anyone can help with the following questions What protocols should I install What adapters should I install What services should I install What Clients should I install, bearing in mind I do not want to logon to windows or the network. What other software might I require. I do have a firewall installed (Zone Alarm) and also have a virus checker (Norton's). Any help would be truly appreciated. TIA Mike Mason The NOSPIN Group provides a monthly newsletter with great tips, information and ideas: NOSPIN-L, The NOSPIN Magazine Visit our web site to signup: http://freepctech.com