Hi, and thanks for your fast reply........i went to the site you listed, it was great, and helped a lot! I haven't managed to actually do what i want to yet, but that's mainly because i just found out my linksys hub/router ( never sure what the difference is there), now has only 2 working ports....and i've been trying to find out which new hub/router will suit me best........we have 5 pc's, and want them all to be able to go online ( though they will never be online all at the same time)...is there any particular hub/router that will make it easier to fix the whole "NAT router" thingy?
( the more i learn, the more i find out how much i still don't know! grrrrr)
thanks again for your help murasame :-)