The Barricade combo hub/router (available from www.tigerdirect.com, among others sources, for about $100 after rebate) provides excellent hardware firewall protection and print server services, but supports only Ethernet, not USB. Regards, Charlie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ira Wallin" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 2:30 PM Subject: [PCBUILD] cable modem questions > Hi, > I have a couple of cable modem questions: > 1) Apparently it can be hooked into a network card, or a USB port. I don't have a network card...will it run just as good hooked into a USB port? > > 2) I have heard the best firewall protection is to purchase a broadband modem router, and then I don't need as software firewall...can anyone shed some light on that? > > Thank you so much!! > Ira Wallin > > PCBUILD maintains hundreds of useful files for download > visit our download web page at: > http://freepctech.com/downloads.shtml > PCBUILD maintains hundreds of useful files for download visit our download web page at: http://freepctech.com/downloads.shtml