When I got wireless broadband, the owner of the company said I had to have a router -- period! I could have bought it and yes, he told me I would save money if I did, but I had him do it. I didn't want to be bothered with learning anything about it. I like the idea with the router and Zone Alarm -- nobody can see my address or computer is online. Living in a remote area and having this fast connection is totally terrific -- Thank goodness the man built a tower my thing on the top of my roof can see. I only used their back up dial up service when the ice on the tower affected my service! That was an eye-opener because I had forgotten how slow dial-up was. I enjoy uploading or downloading in seconds not hours now. Judith a **Renaissance Woman** Book & Feng Shui Art Sites: http://www.agoodread.com http://www.agoodread.com/fengshui -- <Please delete this line and everything below.> To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk