Nothing wrong with a hardware router, they're cheap as dirt now; especially as many people want a Wi-Fi version these days.They're pretty plug and play for _any _ OS. Usually they are configured by accessing a web page hardwired into their roms. Heck my 14 year old installed one on our home computer because he wanted to plug in a playstation. I bought one at Wal-mart for $50 Canadian. Cheaper than most firewall software and was the only thing that helped me get rid of my sasser worm after about six weeks of re-installs. :pissed: